Immunology in Plant Health and Its Impact on Food Safety

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Find out more about convenient immunoassays you can implement in your own research! From the Foreword, by M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman of the M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation: “The book provides remedies to the common maladies relating to quality and safety of dietary material. Professor Narayanasamy has compiled and presented with great clarity the latest information on all aspects... Read more

Find out more about convenient immunoassays you can implement in your own research!

From the Foreword, by M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman of the M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation: “The book provides remedies to the common maladies relating to quality and safety of dietary material. Professor Narayanasamy has compiled and presented with great clarity the latest information on all aspects relating to immunology in plant health and food safety. We owe Professor Narayanasamy a deep debt of gratitude for this labor of love in the cause of improving food and feed quality and safety.”

Immunology in Plant Health and Its Impact on Food Safety suggests cost-effective, simple, and sensitive immunological techniques to assess plant health and food safety for the production of desirable foods, feeds, and timbers. This book explores the structure and biochemical constituents of healthy plants and the abiotic and biotic stresses that can cause a marked reduction in quantity and quality of agricultural produce. Researchers, faculty members, and graduate scholars in plant pathology, microbiology, biochemistry, environmental sciences, and food technology will find this text useful for producing healthy plants while maintaining a pollution-free environment.

In Immunology in Plant Health and Its Impact on Food Safety, methods to develop stress-resistant cultivars are discussed to enable you to select the most suitable strategies for maintaining production and quality without the use of chemicals. This valuable resource provides detailed instructions for employing immunoassays that are rapid, reproducible, and amenable for large-scale application in place of cumbersome and expensive methods currently in use. With this important tool, you will be able to plan and develop programs to obtain agricultural produce of high quality acceptable for human and animal consumption.

With Immunology in Plant Health and Its Impact on Food Safety, you’ll learn more about:

agrosystems
immunological reactions
preparations of antisera
immunodetection techniques
plant-stress interactions
genetic manipulations
disease resistance and the production of disease-free plants
mycotoxins
chemical residues

This essential guide provides you with access to a wide spectrum of information never before encompassed in a single book, saving you time and energy. Figures, photographs, and tables with appropriate data supply visual and factual support for the points discussed in the text. Immunology in Plant Health and Its Impact on Food Safety includes a large number of citations (over 1000) for further research and development in your chosen field of study. Read less

Foreword (M. S. Swaminathan)
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
PART I: PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES
Chapter 1. Introduction
Agroecosystems and Microbes
Plant Health Management
Applications of Immunology
Summary
Chapter 2. Principles of Immunological Reactions
Antigens
Antibodies
Summary
Chapter 3. Preparation of Antisera
Polyclonal Antisera
Monoclonal Antisera
Phage-Displayed Recombinant Antibodies
Purification of Immunoglobulins and Antibody Fragments
Summary
Chapter 4. Basic Immunodetection Techniques
Precipitation and Agglutination Reactions
Immunodiffusion Tests
Immunoelectrophoresis
Labeled Antibody Techniques
Immunoelectron Microscopy
Immunocapture-Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (IC-RT-PCR) Technique
Immunocapillary Zone Electrophoresis (I-CZE)
Summary
PART II: STRUCTURE AND CONSTITUENTS OF HEALTHY PLANTS
Chapter 5. Structure and Functions of Plant Components
Components of Plant Cells
Organization of Tissues of the Plant Body
Summary
Chapter 6. Biochemical Constituents of Plants
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Summary
Appendix: Assay of Polygalacturonase-Inhibiting Protein (PGIP) by Immunoblotting Technique
PART III: PLANT-STRESS INTERACTIONS
Chapter 7. Plant-Abiotic Stress Interactions
Salt Stress
Water Stress
Temperature Stress
Summary
Chapter 8. Plant-Fungal Pathogen Interactions
Immunodiagnostic Techniques
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)
Phases of Fungal Disease Development
Summary
Appendix: Immunological Protocols for Detection of Fungal Pathogens
Chapter 9. Plant-Bacterial Pathogen Interactions
Immunodiagnostic Techniques for Bacterial Pathogens
Immunodiagnosis of Phytoplasmal Diseases
Phases of Development of Bacterial Diseases
Summary
Appendix: Diagnostic Techniques for the Detection of Bacterial Pathogens
Chapter 10. Plant-Viral Pathogen Interactions
Immunodiagnostic Techniques for Plant Viruses
Virus Disease Development
Summary
Appendix: Techniques for Detection of Viral Pathogens
PART IV: APPROACHES FOR PLANT HEALTH MANAGEMENT
Chapter 11. Improvement of Host Plant Resistance Through Genetic Manipulation
Breeding for Resistance to Crop Diseases
Engineering Resistance to Crop Diseases
Summary
Appendix: Quantification of Infection and Detection by Immunological Techniques
Chapter 12. Induction of Disease Resistance and Production of Disease-Free Plants
Induction of Resistance to Microbial Plant Pathogens
Cross Protection
Production of Disease-Free Plants
Summary
Appendix: Protocol for Polyclonal Antiserum Production
PART V: ASSESSMENT OF FOOD SAFETY
Chapter 13. Mycotoxins and Food Safety
Mycotoxin Contamination
Detection of Mycotoxins
Management of Mycotoxin Hazards
Summary
Appendix: Protocols for the Detection of Mycotoxins
Chapter 14. Chemical Residues and Food Safety
Detection of Fungicides
Detection of Pesticides Applied Against Insect Vectors
Detection of Predation of Crop Pests
Summary
Appendix: Immunoassay Protocols
References
Index

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