Defence Mechanisms of Plants

Klappentext This book is an integrated account of the dynamic mechanisms involved in the defence of plant cells against attack by parasitic bacteria and fungi. Zusammenfassung First published in 1977! this volume is a short and integrated account of the dynamic mechanisms involved in the defence of plant cells against attack by parasitic bacteria and fungi. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction to the host-parasite interaction; 2. Discriminatory events before and during penetration into plants; 3. Cytological changes in host and parasite after infection; 4. Cross-protection and induced resistance; 5. Phytoalexins and their induced formation and biosynthesis; 6. Role of phytoalexins in defence mechanisms; 7. Mediation of host-parasite specificity; References; Index.

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• Authors: B. J. Deverall, Brian J. Deverall
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521112857
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11285-7
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: Cambridge Monographs in Experi
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany