Research on the molecular biology of cucumoviruses and their plant-virus interactions has
been very extensive in the last decade. Cucumovirus genome structures have been …

Genetic engineering offers a means of incorporating new virus resistance traits into existing
desirable plant cultivars. The initial attempts to create transgenes conferring virus resistance …

This book has been written to meet the needs of students for biotechnology courses at
various levels of undergraduate and graduate studies. This book covers all the important …

In 1985, Sanford and Johnston developed the simple and elegant concept of parasite-or
pathogen-derived resistance (Sanford and Johnston, 1985). Subsequently, there have been …

Geminiviruses comprise a large and diverse family of viruses that infect a wide range of
important monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous crop species and cause significant yield …

This invaluable resource introduces the eleven types of organism that cause plant disease,
ranging from higher plants to viroids and describes examples of cash and staple crop …

Virus diseases are among the key limiting factors that cause significant yield loss and
continuously threaten crop production. Resistant cultivars coupled with pesticide application …

An easy-to-use single reference source covering the full range of subject areas associated
with plant pathology! This comprehensive volume covers the entire field of plant pathology. It …

SPECIAL SECTION: TRANSGENIC CROPS laboratories and in most of these cases,
resistance has tobacco expressing the TMV CP gene, as d been shown to be due to an …

A guide to the diversity of pesticides used in modern agricultural practices, and the relevant
social and environmental issues Pesticides in Crop Production offers an important resource …