Rice sheath blight disease, caused by the basidiomycetous necrotroph Rhizoctonia solani,
became one of the major threats to the rice cultivation worldwide, especially after the …

Inducible defense-related proteins have been described in many plant species upon
infection with oomycetes, fungi, bacteria, or viruses, or insect attack. Several types of …

The novel classes of plant pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins identified during the last
decade also include novel peptide families. This review specifically focuses on these …

Grapevine trunk diseases (GTD) are currently one of the most devastating and challenging
diseases in viticulture, leading to considerable yield losses and a remarkable decline in …

Plants detect potential pathogens by sensing microbe-associated molecular patterns via
pattern recognition receptors. In the dicot model plant Arabidopsis, the lysin motif (LysM) …

Focusing on the great variety of research being done in the field of postharvest pathology,
this volume presents a collection of topics concerning the diseases of harvested fruits and …

Insect chitinases belong to family 18 glycosylhydrolases that hydrolyze chitin by an endo-
type of cleavage while retaining the anomeric β-(1→ 4) configuration of products. There are …

Pathogenesis related (PR) proteins are one of the major sources of plant derived allergens.
These proteins are induced by the plants as a defense response system in stress conditions …

Resistance against the leaf mold fungus Cladosporium fulvum is mediated by the tomato Cf
proteins which belong to the class of receptor-like proteins and indirectly recognize …

Considerable success has been obtained in the use of classical breeding to control
economically important plant diseases, such as the coffee leaf rust and the coffee berry …