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Plant breeding for pest and disease resistance /
Studies in the Agricultural and Food Sciences: Plant Breeding for Pest and Disease Resistance presents a critical review of the development of resistant varieties of plant to pests and diseases. It discusses the economic impact of pests and diseases; the methods of controlling these pests and diseas...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Boston :
Butterworths,
1978.
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| Colección: | Studies in the agricultural and food sciences.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Plant Breeding for Pest and Disease Resistance; Copyright Page; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; Part I: Some Concepts of Breeding for Resistance; Chapter 1. THE CONTROL OF PESTS AND DISEASES; Economic Importance of Pests and Diseases; Methods of Controlling Pests and Diseases; Combinations of Control Methods; The Challenge Facing the Plant Breeder; Chapter 2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF BREEDING FOR RESISTANCE; Historical; Resistance in Relation to Other Breeding Objectives; Terminology and Some Theoretical Concepts
- The Importance of Parasite Variability to the Plant BreederSources of Resistance; Inheritance of Resistance; Methods of Testing for Resistance; Requirements for Successful Inoculation; The Assessment of Resistance; Selecting for Resistance; Production of Resistant Varieties; Conclusions; REFERENCES
- PART I; Part II: Resistance to Fungal Diseases; Chapter 3. PATHOGENIC FUNGI AND FUNGAL DISEASES; The Economic Importance of Fungal Diseases; Some Characteristics of Fungi and Fungal Diseases; Variability in Fungal Pathogens; Types of Resistance; Sources of Resistance
- The Inheritance of ResistanceTesting and Selecting for Resistance; Disease Assessment Methods; Factors Affecting the Expression of Resistance; The Control of Fungal Diseases by Resistant Varieties; Chapter 4. EXAMPLES OF BREEDING FOR RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL DISEASES; Wheat: yellow (stripe) rust, stem rust, leaf (brown) rust; Barley: powdery mildew; Rice: blast; Maize (corn): southern corn leaf blight, maize (corn) rust; Potato: late blight, wart disease; Coffee: leaf (orange) rust; Sugar beet: Cercospora leaf spot, downy mildew; Tomato: Fusarium wilt, leaf mould; Sorghum: smuts, milo disease
- Chapter 7. RESISTANCE TO DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH MYCOPLASMA-LIKE ORGANISMS (MLO) AND RICKETTSIA-LIKE ORGANISMS (RLO)The Importance of Plant Diseases Associated with MLO and RLO; Some Characteristics of MLO and RLO; The Epidemiology of Diseases Associated with MLO and RLO; Methods of Disease Control; Control by Resistant Varieties; The Nature and Inheritance of Resistance; Conclusions; Chapter 8. RESISTANCE TO VIRUS DISEASES; The Importance of Virus Diseases; Characteristics of Viruses and Virus Diseases; Variability of Plant Viruses; Epidemiology and Transmission of Plant Virus Diseases