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Natural and Engineered Resistance to Plant Viruses
Part II
Cutting-edge reviews in natural and engineered virus resistance in plants
John Carr (Volume editor), Gad Loebenstein (Volume editor)
9780123745255, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 16 June 2010
282 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.2 cm, 0.65 kg
"A mandatory purchase for all types of comprehensive libraries, both public and university, as well as for those interested in or doing research in the field of virology." --Military Medicine "This serial...is well known to virologists. It is a valuable aid in maintaining an overview of various facets of the rapidly expanding fields of virology...Timely, informative, and useful to the student, teacher, and research scientist." --American Scientist
Viruses are a huge threat to agriculture. In the past, viruses used to be controlled using conventional methods, such as crop rotation and destruction of the infected plants, but now there are more novel ways to control them. This volume focuses on topics that must be better understood in order to foster future developments in basic and applied plant virology. These range from virus epidemiology and virus/host co-evolution and the control of vector-mediated transmission through to systems biology investigations of virus-cell interactions. Other chapters cover the current status of signalling in natural resistance and the potential for a revival in the use of cross-protection, as well as future opportunities for the deployment of the under-utilized but highly effective crop protection strategy of pathogen-derived resistance.
1. The Co-evolution of plants and viruses: Resistance and pathogenicity Fernando García-Arenal and Aurora Fraile 2. Assessment of the benefits and risks for engineered virus resistance Mark Tepfer and Jeremy R. Thompson 3. Signaling in Induced Resistance John Carr, Mathew G. Lewsey and Peter Palukaitis 4. Global genomics and proteomics approaches to identify host factors as targets to induce resistance against Tomato bushy stunt virus Peter Nagy and Judit Pogany 5. Resistance to Aphid Vectors of Virus Disease Jack Westwood and Mark Stevens 6. Cross-protection: A century of mystery Heiko Ziebell and John Peter Carr
Subject Areas: Plant pathology & diseases [PSTP], Virology [non-medical PSGL], Infectious & contagious diseases [MJCJ]
