Plant pathogen resistance biotechnology / edited by David B. Collinge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Collinge, D. B. (David Brian), editor.

Series:

THEi Wiley ebooks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant biotechnology.

Plants--Disease and pest resistance--Molecular aspects.

Plants.

Phytopathogenic microorganisms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

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Summary:

Plant pathogens and diseases are among the most significant challenges to survival that plants face. Disease outbreaks caused by microbial or viral pathogens can decimate crop yields and have severe effects on global food supply. Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying plant immune response and applying this understanding to develop biotechnological tools to enhance plant defense against pathogens has great potential for moderating the impact of plant disease outbreaks. Plant Pathogen Resistance Biotechnology's main focus is an in depth survey of the biological strategies being used to create transgenic disease resistant plants for sustainable plant resistance Plant Pathogen Resistance Biotechnology is divided into four sections. The first section covers biological mechanisms underpinning disease resistance in plants, while the second highlights case studies of important pathogen-crop groups and then considers why the application of important pathogen-crop groups, transgenic-based strategies designed to selectively target pathogens could benefit crop production. The third section provides information on the status of transgenic crops around the world, and finally the last part explores high-tech alternatives to genetic engineering for developing disease resistant traits in plants. Edited and authored by leaders in the field, Plant Pathogen Resistance Biotechnology will be an invaluable resource to those studying or researching plant biotechnology, plant pathology, plant biology, plant and crop genetics, in addition to crop science.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 The Status and Prospects for Biotechnological Approaches for Attaining Sustainable Disease Resistance

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Factors to consider when generating disease-resistant crops

1.3 Opportunities to engineer novel cultivars for disease resistance

1.4 Technical barriers to engineering novel cultivars for disease resistance

1.5 Approaches for identification and selection of genes important for disease resistance

1.6 Promising strategies for engineering disease-resistant crops

1.7 Future directions and issues

References

Part I Biological Strategies Leading Towards Disease Resistance

Chapter 2 Engineering Barriers to Infection by Undermining Pathogen Effector Function or by Gaining Effector Recognition

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Plant defence and effector function

2.3 Strategies for engineering resistance

2.4 Perspective

Chapter 3 Application of Antimicrobial Proteins and Peptides in Developing Disease-Resistant Plants

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Biological role of PR-proteins

3.3 Antimicrobial peptides

3.4 Regulation of PR-protein expression

3.5 Biotechnological application of PR-protein genes in developing improved crop plants

3.6 Future directions

Acknowledgement

Chapter 4 Metabolic Engineering of Chemical Defence Pathways in Plant Disease Control

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Present status of metabolic engineering in the control of plant disease

4.3 Metabolic engineering: technical challenges and opportunities

4.4 The outlook for metabolically engineering of disease resistance in crops

Chapter 5 Arabinan: Biosynthesis and a Role in Host‐Pathogen Interactions

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Biosynthesis and modification of arabinan

5.3 Distribution of arabinan in different tissues and during development

5.4 Role of arabinan in plant growth and development

5.5 Roles of arabinan degrading enzymes in virulence of phytopathogenic fungi

5.6 Roles of arabinan in pathogen interactions

5.7 Conclusion

Chapter 6 Transcription Factors that Regulate Defence Responses and Their Use in Increasing Disease Resistance

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Transcription factors and plant defence

6.3 AP2/ERF transcription factors

6.4 bZIP transcription factors

6.5 WRKY transcription factors

6.6 MYB transcription factors

6.7 Other transcription factor families

6.8 Can the manipulation of specific transcription factors deliver sustainable disease resistance?

6.9 Have we chosen the right transgenes?

6.10 Have we chosen the right expression strategies?

6.11 What new ideas are there for the future of TF-based crop improvement?

Chapter 7 Regulation of Abiotic and Biotic Stress Responses by Plant Hormones

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Regulation of biotic stress responses by plant hormones

7.3 Regulation of abiotic stress responses by plant hormones

7.4 Conclusions and further perspectives

Part II Case Studies for Groups of Pathogens and Important Crops. Why Is It Especially Advantageous to use Transgenic Strategies for these Pathogens or Crops?

CHapter 8 Engineered Resistance to Viruses: A Case of Plant Innate Immunity

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Mitigation of viruses

8.3 Biotechnology and virus resistance

8.4 Success stories

8.5 Challenges of engineering RNAi-mediated resistance

8.6 Benefits of virus-resistant transgenic crops

8.7 Conclusions

References.

Chapter 9 Problematic Crops: 1. Potatoes: Towards Sustainable Potato Late Blight Resistance by Cisgenic R Gene Pyramiding

9.1 Potato late blight resistance breeding advocates GM strategies

9.2 GM strategies for late blight resistance breeding

9.3 Late blight-resistant GM varieties

Chapter 10 Problematic Crops: 1. Grape: To Long Life and Good Health: Untangling the Complexity of Grape Diseases to Develop Pathogen‐Resistant Varieties

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Introduction to grapevine pathology

10.3 Approaches for the improvement of grapevine disease resistance

10.4 Pierce's disease of grapevines: a case study

Chapter 11 Developing Sustainable Disease Resistance in Coffee: Breeding vs. Transgenic Approaches

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Agronomic aspects of coffee

11.3 Major threats to coffee plantations

11.4 Breeding for disease resistance and pest management

11.5 Various traits targeted for transgenic coffee development

11.6 Bottlenecks in coffee transgenic development

11.7 GM or hybrid joe: what choices to make?

Acknowledgements

Endnote

Webliographies

Chapter 12 Biotechnological Approaches for Crop Protection: Transgenes for Disease Resistance in Rice

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Plant immunity

12.3 Transgenic approaches to engineer disease resistance in rice plants

12.4 Targeted genome engineering

12.5 Safety issues of genetically engineered rice

12.6 Conclusions and future prospects

Part III Status of Transgenic Crops Around the World

Chapter 13 Status of Transgenic Crops in Argentina

13.1 Transgenic crops approved for commercialization in Argentina

13.2 Economic impact derived from transgenic crops cultivation

13.3 Local developments

13.4 Perspectives

Chapter 14 The Status of Transgenic Crops in Australia

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Government policies

14.3 Field trials

14.4 Crops deregulated

14.5 Crops grown

14.6 Public sentiment toward GM crops

14.7 Value capture

14.8 What is in the pipeline

14.9 Summary

Endnotes

Chapter 15 Transgenic Crops in Spain

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Transgenic crops in Europe

15.3 Transgenic crops in Spain

15.4 Future prospects

Chapter 16 Biotechnology and Crop Disease Resistance in South Africa

16.1 Genetically modified crops in South Africa

16.2 Economic, social and health benefits of GM crops in South Africa

16.3 Biotechnology initiatives for crop disease control in South Africa

16.4 Future prospects

Part IV Implications of Transgenic Technologies for Improved Disease Control

Chapter 17 Exploiting Plant Induced Resistance as a Route to Sustainable Crop Protection

17.1 Introduction

17.2 Examples of elicitors of induced resistance

17.3 Priming of induced resistance

17.4 Drivers and barriers to the adoption of plant activators in agriculture and horticulture

17.5 Conclusions and future prospects

Chapter 18 Biological Control Using Microorganisms as an Alternative to Disease Resistance

18.1 Introduction

18.2 Getting the right biocontrol organism

18.3 New approaches for studying the biology of BCAs and biocontrol interactions

18.4 Strategy for using biocontrol in IPM

Webliography

Chapter 19 TILLING in Plant Disease Control: Applications and Perspectives

19.1 Concepts of forward and reverse genetics

19.2 The TILLING procedure

19.3 Mutagenesis

19.4 DNA preparation and pooling of individuals

19.5 Mutation discovery.

19.6 Identification and evaluation of the individual mutant

19.7 Bioinformatics tools

19.8 EcoTILLING

19.9 Modified TILLING approaches

19.10 Application of TILLING and TILLING-related procedures in disease resistance

19.11 Perspectives

Chapter 20 Fitness Costs of Pathogen Recognition in Plants and Their Implications for Crop Improvement

20.1 The goal of durable resistance

20.2 New ways of using R-genes

20.3 Costs of resistance in crop improvement

20.4 Fitness costs of R-gene defences

20.5 Phenotypes of R-gene over-expression

20.6 Requirements for R-protein function

20.7 Necrotic phenotypes of R-gene mutants

20.8 Summary of fitness costs of R-gene mutations

20.9 R-genes in plant breeding

20.10 Biotech innovation and genetic diversity

20.11 Conclusion

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118867839

1118867831

9781118867730

1118867734

OCLC:

933766088