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Summary
Summary
Concern about the environmental consequences of the widespread use of pesticides has increased, and evidence of pesticide-resistant virus vectors have continued to emerge. This volume presents a timely survey of the mechanisms of plant resistance and examines current developments in breeding for resistance, with particular emphasis on advances in genetic engineering which allow for the incorporation of viral genetic material into plants. Discusses the mechanisms of innate resistance in strains of tobacco, tomato, and cowpea; various aspects of induced resistance, including the characterization and roles of the pathogenesis-related proteins; antiviral substances and their comparison with interferon; and cross-protection between plant virus strains. Also presents several papers which evaluate the status of genetic engineering as it relates to breeding resistant plants. Among these are discussions of the potential use of plant viruses as gene vectors, gene coding for viral coat protein, satellite RNA, and antisense RNA, and practical issues such as the durability of resistant crop plants in the field.
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents |
Resistance of Cowpeas to Cowpea Mosaic Virus and to Tobacco Ringspot VirusG. Bruening, et al. |
Resistance Mechanisms of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Strains in Tomato and TobaccoM. Nishiguchi and F. Motoyoshi |
The Role of Pathogenesis-related proteinsJ. Antoniw and R. White |
Mechanism of the Hypersensitivity Reaction of PlantsB. Fritig, et al. |
Analysis of the N Gene of NicotianaD. Dunigan, et al. |
Mechanisms of Cross-protection between Plant Virus StrainsJ. Sherwood |
Genetic Engineering of Plants for Protection against Virus DiseasesR. Beachy, et al. |
Resistance to Viral Disease through Expression of Viral Genetic Material from the Plant GenomeD. Baulcombe, et al. |
Plant DNA Viruses as Gene VectorsB. Hohn, et al. |
PathogenesisR. Fraser |
Genetic Engineering Approaches to Plant ResistanceL. van Vloten-Doting |