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Fungal pathogenesis in plants and crops; molecular biology and host defense mechanisms, 2d ed.


9780849398674

Fungal fungal /fun·gal/ (fun´g'l) fungous; pertaining to fungi.

fun·gal or fun·gous
adj.
1. Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a fungus.

2.
 pathogenesis in plants and crops; molecular biology molecular biology, scientific study of the molecular basis of life processes, including cellular respiration, excretion, and reproduction. The term molecular biology was coined in 1938 by Warren Weaver, then director of the natural sciences program at the Rockefeller  and host defense mechanisms, 2d ed.

Vidhyasekaran, P.

CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor.  / Taylor & Francis

2008

509 pages

$169.95

Hardcover

Books in soils, plants, and the environment

SB733

This reference describes the molecular biology of fungal pathogenesis, with descriptions of the full cycle of fungal infection fungal infection, infection caused by a fungus (see Fungi), some affecting animals, others plants. Fungal Infections of Human and Animals
 processes. New to the second edition are chapters on cell death signaling in disease susceptibility and resistance and the role of disease resistance genes in signal perception and emission. Reflecting new findings since the first edition was published in 1997, descriptions of 12 new PR protein groups have been added. Oomycetes are included in the discussion of fungal pathogenesis. Vidhyasekaran is former director of Center for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (tăm`əl nä`d), formerly Madras (mədrăs`, mədräs`), state (2001 provisional pop.  Agricultural U., Coimbatore, India.

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