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Annual review of phytopathology; v.46, 2008.


9780824313463

Annual review of phytopathology phytopathology /phy·to·pa·thol·o·gy/ (-pah-thol´ah-je) the pathology of plants. ; v.46, 2008.

Ed. by Neal K. Van Alfen et al.

Annual Reviews

2008

418 pages

$225.00

Hardcover

SB731

In the opening chapter of the 2008 edition of the annual series, Roger Hull reflects on his career as a plant pathologist at the John Innes John Innes can refer to:
  • John Innes (d. 1414), Bishop of Moray
  • John Innes (d. 1904), English philanthropist after whom the John Innes Centre; it was at this Centre that John Innes Compost was developed in the 1930s.
  • John Innes, English historian
 Center in the United Kingdom. Several of the remaining 15 chapters review the latest findings regarding how effectors manipulate plant immunity, the role of stomata sto·ma·ta  
n.
A plural of stoma.
 in plant innate immunity innate immunity
n.
Immunity that occurs naturally as a result of a person's genetic constitution or physiology and does not arise from a previous infection or vaccination.
, novel antimicrobial peptides for plant protection, and plant virus capsids as biotemplates for nanomaterials. Other topics include the origins of plant pathogens in agro-ecosystems, models of fungicide fungicide (fŭn`jəsīd', fŭng`gə–), any substance used to destroy fungi. Some fungi are extremely damaging to crops (see diseases of plants), and others cause diseases in humans and other animals (see fungal infection).  resistance dynamics, the plant and insect lifestyles of Xylella fastidiosa, and insect vector interactions with persistently transmitted viruses.

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