Fungal Disease Resistance in Plants Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetic Engineering

• About the Editor
  
• Contributors
  
• Foreword (Sophien Kamoun)
  
• Preface
  
• Chapter 1. Signal Transduction in Plant Defense Responses to Fungal Infection (Dierk Scheel and Thorsten Nuernberger)
  
• Introduction and Background
  
• Signals and Signal Delivery in Plant-Fungus/Oomycete Interactions
  
• Signal Perception—A Complex Matter
  
• Cellular Signaling—A Matter of Networks
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 2. Cellular Expression of Resistance to Fungal Plant Pathogens (Denny G. Mellersh and Michèle C. Heath)
  
• Introduction
  
• Background
  
• Detailed Review
  
• Use of Transgenic Plants to Study Expression of Resistance at the Cellular Level
  
• Current Work in Our Laboratory
  
• Concluding Remarks
  
• Chapter 3. The Hypersensitive Response and Its Role in Disease Resistance (Hans-Peter Stuible and Erich Kombrink)
  
• Introduction
  
• Features of the Hypersensitive Response
  
• Proteins Involved in Pathogen Recognition and Initiation of HR Cell Death
  
• Small Molecules Involved in Signaling and Execution of HR Cell Death
  
• Negative Regulatory Components
  
• Is Protein Degradation Important for Execution of HR Cell Death?
  
• The Role of Cell Organelles in HR Induction
  
• Is HR Cell Death Required for Resistance?
  
• Do Plant Pathogens Modulate the HR in an Active Manner?
  
• Development of Transgenic Plants: Exploitation of HR for Disease Control
  
• Conclusions and Future Directions
  
• Chapter 4. Fungal (A)Virulence Factors at the Crossroads of Disease Susceptibility and Resistance (N. Westerink, M. H. A. J. Joosten, and P. J. G. M. de Wit)
  
• Introduction
  
• Background
  
• Fungal (A)Virulence Genes with Genotype and Species Specificity
  
• Pathogens with Evolved Mechanisms to Counteract Plant Defense Responses
  
• Plant Genes that Confer Resistance Toward Fungi and Oomycetes
  
• Perception of Avr Gene Products by Resistant Plant Genotypes
  
• Development of Transgenic Plants That Display Broad Resistance Against Pathogens
  
• Conclusions and Future Directions
  
• Chapter 5. Pathogenesis-Related Proteins and Their Roles in Resistance to Fungal Pathogens (Jayaraman Jayaraj, Ajith Anand, and Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan)
  
• Introduction
  
• Classification of PR Proteins
  
• Nondefense Functions of PR Proteins and PR-Like Proteins
  
• Natural and Synthetic Elicitors of PR-Protein Genes
  
• Mechanisms That Protect Pathogens from PR Proteins
  
• Transgenic Plants Expressing Single Genes for PR Proteins
  
• Transgenic Plants with Combinations of PR Proteins
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 6. Induced Plant Resistance to Fungal Pathogens: Mechanisms and Practical Applications (Ray Hammerschmidt)
  
• Introduction
  
• Background
  
• Mechanisms of Induced Resistance to Fungal Pathogens
  
• The Application of Induced Resistance
  
• Transgenic Plants and Induced Resistance to Fungi
  
• Current Research Program on Induced Resistance in Cucumber
  
• Conclusions
  
• Chapter 7. Genetic Engineering of Plants to Enhance Resistance to Fungal Pathogens (Zamir K. Punja)
  
• Introduction
  
• Genetic Engineering Approaches
  
• Activation of Plant Defense Responses
  
• Resistance Genes (R Genes)
  
• Challenges
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

Biography

Zamir Punja