Handbook of Phytoalexin Metabolism and Action

1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-0-8247-9269-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 632 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 1030 g

Reihe: Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment

Provides the latest information on nearly all of the phytoalexins of crop plants studied worldwide over the past 50 years-describing experimental approaches to the research of specific plants and offering detailed explanations on methods of isolation and characterization. Supplies in-depth coverage of cotton, soybean, groundnut, citrus, mustard, grapevine, potato, pepper, sweet potato, yam, sesame, tea, tobacco, pea, pigeon pea, and many more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Phytotomie, Pflanzenmorphologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Nutzpflanzen: Biologie, Genetik, Pflanzenzüchtung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenphysiologie, Photosynthese

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Progress in Phytoalexin Research During the Past 50 Years; Phytoalexins and Host Specificity in Plant Diseases; Elicitor and Molecular Basis of Phytoalexin Elicitation; Soybean Phytoalexins, Nature, Elicitation, Mode of Action, and Role; Cellular Biochemistry of Phenylpropanoid Responses of Soybean to Infection by Phytophthora sojae; Culture Darkening Cell Aggregate Size, and Phytoalexin Accumulation in Soybean Cell Suspensions Challenged with Biotic Agents; Phytoalexins as a Factor in the Wilt Resistance of Cotton; Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum); Strategies of Defense Expression: Accumulation of Unique Asperiquillus flavus Control Substances; Sesquiterpenoid Phytoalexins Synthesized in Cotton Leaves and Cotyledons During the Hypersensitive Response to Xanthomomas campestris pv. malvacearum; Chemistry, Biology, and the Role of Groundnut Phytoalexins in Resistance to Fungal Attack; Phytoalexins from the Crucifers; Scoparone (6,7 Dimethoxycoumarin), a Citrus Phytoalexin Involved in Resistance to Pathogens; Stilbene Phytoalexins and Disease Resistance In Vitis; Mode of Toxic Action of Vitaceae Stilbenes on Fungal Cells; Inducible Compounds in Phaseolus, Vigna, and Dioscorea Species; lnvolvement of Phytoalexins in the Response of Phosphate-Treated Plants to Infection by Phytophthora Species; Phytoalexins In Forage Legumes: Studies on Detoxification by Pathogens and the Role of Glycosidic Precursors in Roots; Induction of Phytoalexin Synthesis in Medicago sativa (Lucerne)-Verticillium albo-atrum Interaction; Stereoselective Synthesis of Spirovetivane-Type Phytoalexins; Enzymatic Conversion of Furano-sesquiterpene in Ceratocystis fimbriata-Infected Sweet Potato Root Tissue; Defense Strategies of Tea (Camellia sinensis) Against Fungal Pathogens; Effects of Age-Related Resistance and Metalaxyl on Capsidiol Production in Pepper Plants Infected with Phytophthora capsici; Induced Chemical Resistance in Sesamum indicum Against Alternaria sesami; Phytoalexins and Other Postinfectional Compound of Some Economically Important Plants of India; Possible Role of Phytoalexin Inducer Chemicals in Plant Disease Control.

Über Autor(innen)

M Daniel