Publisher's Synopsis
Fungal pathogenesis is the process by which fungi infect and cause disease in a host. From the molecular basis of host defense mechanisms and molecular events leading to the suppression of defense mechanisms by fungal pathogens to fungal infection processes, the text Fungal Pathogenesis in Plants and Crops covers various aspects of molecular plant pathology. First chapter discusses the use of introgression lines for quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping and characterization in the maize. Second chapter deals with proteomics of plant pathogenic. Lifestyle transitions in plant pathogenic colletotrichum fungi deciphered by genome and transcriptome analysis have been focused in third chapter. In fourth chapter, we report the results of field experiments over 3 consecutive years, undertaken to determine the potential for use of an elicitor combination to control foliar pathogens of spring barley. The objective of fifth chapter is to present an advanced survey of the nature and practice of biological control as it is applied to the suppression of plant diseases. In sixth chapter, we summarize common mechanisms of pathogenesis displayed by oomycetes and fungi. An update on polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP), a leucine-rich repeat protein that protects crop plants against pathogens has been presented in seventh chapter. Last chapter reveals a similarity in fungal protein profiles between two interactions, possibly due to the fact that analysis of whole inoculated leaves resulted in the dominance of most abundant plant and fungal proteins, which largely diluted the information about low abundant fungal proteins likely essential for pathogenicity.
