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Induced Resistance for Plant Defence: A Sustainable Approach to Crop Protection
Dale Walters
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Description for Induced Resistance for Plant Defence: A Sustainable Approach to Crop Protection
Hardback. This comprehensive book examines in depth the development and exploitation of induced resistance. Chapters review current knowledge of the agents that can elicit induced resistance, genomics, signalling cascades, mechanisms of defence to pests and pathogens and molecular tools. Editor(s): Walters, Dale; Newton, Dr. Adrian C.; Lyon, Dr. Gary D. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: TVB; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 190 x 21. Weight in Grams: 728.
Plant diseases worldwide are responsible for billions of dollars worth of crop losses every year. With less agrochemicals being used and less new fungicides coming on the market due to environmental concerns, more effort is now being put into the use of genetic potential of plants for pathogen resistance and the development of induced or acquired resistance as an environmentally safe means of disease control.
This comprehensive book examines in depth the development and exploitation of induced resistance. Chapters review current knowledge of the agents that can elicit induced resistance, genomics, signalling cascades, mechanisms of defence to pests and pathogens and molecular tools. Further chapters consider the topical application of inducers for disease control, microbial induction of pathogen resistance, transgenic approaches, pathogen population biology, trade offs associated with induced resistance and integration of induced resistance in crop protection. The book concludes with a consideration of socio-economic drivers determining the use of induced resistance, and the future of induced resistance in crop protection.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405134477
SKU
V9781405134477
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Dale Walters
Dale Walters, Crop and Soil Research Group, Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, U.K. Adrian Newton, Scottish Crops Research Institute, Dundee, U.K. Gary Lyon, Scottish Crops Research Institute, Dundee, U.K.
Reviews for Induced Resistance for Plant Defence: A Sustainable Approach to Crop Protection
"It is certainly a book for libraries in universities and institues active in biological and agricultural research. This book will also interest individual scientists who are specifically working on induced resistance because of its extensive references" Plant Pathology, 2007 'The book is essential reading for those undertaking research related to the subject and of relevance to all involved in crop protection R & D' Experimental Agriculture, 2008