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There is an increasing need for an understanding of the fundamental processes involved in the mechanisms by which disease resistances are introduced into crop plants. This book provides a wide-ranging coverage of the successes and failures of the classical techniques; it describes the advances towards modern technology and addresses the problems of pathogen variation. Crop plants that are considered include: cereals (wheat, barley, rice), potatoes, vegetables and soft fruits.
List of contents
Past, present and future opportunities in breeding for disease resistance, with examples from wheat.- Gene banks and their contribution to the breeding of disease resistant cultivars.- Disease resistance in protected crops and mushrooms.- Multiple resistance to diseases and pests in potatoes.- Resistance to cane and foliar diseases in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus) and related species.- Leaf glucosinolate profiles and their relationship to pest and disease resistance in oilseed rape.- Resistance of cowpea and cereals to the parasitic angiosperm Striga.- The role of resistance breeding in the integrated control of downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) in protected lettuce.- Pre-emptive breeding to control wheat rusts.- Durable resistance to rice blast disease - environmental influences.- Barley mildew in Europe: population biology and host resistance.- Discovery, characterization and exploitation of Mlo powdery mildew resistance in barley.- Analysis of durable resistance to stem rust in barley.-Novel pathotypes of lettuce mosaic virus - breakdown of a durable resistance?.- The genetics of plant-virus interactions: implications for plant breeding.- Transgenic potato plants resistant to viruses.
