Disease resistance in wheat

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Publication Information:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, 2012

Physical Description:

xii, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

ISBN:

9781845938185

Subject Term:

Wheat -- Disease and pest resistance

Added Author:

Sharma, Indu, 1954-

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Disease resistance is one of the major factors that can be improved to sustain yield potential in cultivated crops. This book looks at disease resistance in wheat, concentrating on all the economically important diseases - their economic impact and geographical spread, breeding for resistance, pathogen variability, resistance mechanisms and recent advances made on resistance genes. Newer strategies for identifying resistance genes and identify resistance mechanisms are discussed, including cloning, gene transfer and the use of genetically modified plants.

Indu SharmaSukhwinder Singh and Ravi P. Singh and Julio Huerta-EspinoBrent McCallum and Colin Hiebert and Julio Huerta-Espino and Sylvie CloutierColin R. Wellings and Lesley A. Boyd and Xianming M. ChenChristina Cowger and Lilian Miranda and Carl Griffey and Marla Hall and J. Paul Murphy and Judd MaxwellEtienne Duveiller and Ram C. SharmaPawan K. Singh and Etienne Duveiller and Ravi P. SinghStephen B. GoodwinRon Knox and Jim MenziesIndu Sharma and N.S. Bains and R.C. SharmaDenis Gaudet and Jim MenziesHermann Buerstmayr and Gerhard Adam and Marc LemmensAntje Habekuβ and Frank OrdonA.K. Toor and H.S. BananaUmarao and Amita Sharma and Daman Jeet Kaur

About the Editor	p. vii
Contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
1 Diseases in Wheat Crops - An Introduction	p. 1
2 Stem Rust	p. 18
3 Wheat Leaf Rust	p. 33
4 Resistance to Stripe Rust in Wheat: Pathogen Biology Driving Resistance Breeding	p. 63
5 Wheat Powdery Mildew	p. 84
6 Wheat Resistance to Spot Blotch or Foliar Blight	p. 120
7 Resistance Breeding for Tan Spot (Pyrenophora tritici-repentis) of Wheat	p. 136
8 Resistance in Wheat to Septoria Diseases Caused by Mycosphaerella graminicola (Septoria tritici) and Phaeosphaeria (Stagonospora) nodorum	p. 151
9 Resistance in Wheat to Loose Smut	p. 160
10 Resistance in Wheat to Karnal Bunt	p. 190
11 Common Bunt of Wheat: an Old Foe Remains a Current Threat	p. 220
12 Resistance to Head Blight Caused by Fusarium spp. in Wheat	p. 236
13 Resistance of Wheat to Viral Diseases	p. 277
14 Flag Smut of Wheat - Pathogen Biology and Host Resistance	p. 295
15 Resistance in Wheat to Nematode Diseases	p. 304
Index	p. 313

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