Recent applications of techniques in plant molecular biology and biotechnology to the study
of host–pathogen interactions have resulted in the identification and cloning of numerous …

Food insecurity is one of the most important social issues faced today, with 840 million
individuals enduring chronic hunger and three billion individuals suffering from nutrient …

Рассматриваются звенья информационных цепей взаимодействия патогенов и
растений, включающие элиситоры, рецепторы элиситоров, G-белки, протеинкиназы и …

Abstract Development of effective disease-resistance to a broad-range of pathogens in
crops usually requires tremendous resources and effort when traditional breeding …

Plant transformation has its roots in the research on Agrobacterium that was being
undertaken in the early 1980s. The last two decades have seen significant developments in …

Genetically modified (GM) cotton altered for insect and herbicide resistance released into
commercial production in 1996 to 1997 now accounts for the lion's share of cotton acreage …

One of the potential environmental effects of the recent rapid increase in the global
agricultural area cultivated with transgenic crops is a change in soil microbially mediated …

The rapid development of agricultural biotechnology and release of new transgenic plants
for agriculture has provided many economic benefits, but has also raised concern over the …

Potato is the world's largest non-cereal crop. Potato late blight is a pandemic, foliar wasting
potato disease caused by Phytophthora infestans, which has become highly virulent …

This book is about the management of forest pests. It focuses predominantly on insect pests,
but many examples relate to fungal pathogens, some of which are vectored by forest insects …