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Durable Resistance in Crops

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Editors:
  1. F. Lamberti

    1. Institute of Agricultural Nematology of the CNR, Bari, Italy

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  2. J. M. Waller

    1. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey, England

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  3. N. A. Graaff

    1. Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series A: (NSSA, volume 55)

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Durable Plant Resistance and the Genetics of Host/Pathogen Populations

    1. Durable Resistance and Agricultural Development

      • L. Chiarappa
      Pages 1-3

    2. Genetic Background of Durable Resistance

      • R. Johnson
      Pages 5-26

    3. Present Knowledge and Theories Concerning Durable Resistance

      • C. Person, R. Fleming, L. Cargeeg, B. Christ
      Pages 27-40

    4. Durable Resistance in Crops: Should the Concept of Physiological Races Die?

      • J. E. Vanderplank
      Pages 41-44

    5. Theoretical Resistance Models

      • R. A. Robinson
      Pages 45-55

    6. Models Explaining the Specificity and Durability of Host Resistance Derived from the Observations on the Barley-Puccinia Hordei System

      • J. E. Parlevliet
      Pages 57-80

    7. Pathogen Fitness in Cereal Mildews

      • M. S. Wolfe, J. A. Barrett, S. E. Slater
      Pages 81-100

    8. Problems in Estimating Parasitic Fitness

      • Hanne Østergaard
      Pages 101-104

    9. Response of a Powdery Mildew Population to a Barley Variety Mixture

      • Lisa Munk
      Pages 105-107

    10. Changing Gene Frequencies in Populations

      • E. L. Sharp
      Pages 109-118

    11. Durable Resistance and Disease Complexes

      • G. S. Sidhu, J. M. Webster
      Pages 119-124

  3. Parameters and Targets of Durable Resistance

    1. Durable Resistance and Host-Pathogen-Environment Interaction

      • J. C. Zadoks, J. A. G. van Leur
      Pages 125-140

    2. Epidemiological Parameters of Plant Resistance

      • Jürgen Kranz
      Pages 141-161

    3. Durable Resistance in Crops: Biometric Analysis of Resistance

      • J. E. Vanderplank
      Pages 163-167

    4. Expression of Incomplete Resistance to Pathogens

      • Albertus B. Eskes
      Pages 169-195

    5. Resistance of Crops to Nematodes

      • F. Lamberti, C. E. Taylor
      Pages 197-206

    6. Durable Resistance of Barley Cultivars to the Nematode Heterodera avenae

      • Francoise Person-Dedryver
      Pages 207-210

    7. Resistance to Insects Promotes the Stability of Integrated Pest Control

      • O. M. B. de Ponti
      Pages 211-225

    8. Insect Resistance in Cotton in Sudan

      • O. S. Bindra
      Pages 227-229
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Plant diseases and pests are a major constraint to agricultural production despite the various measures used to control them. Chemical control, although often e~~ective, may pose environmental hazards and is relatively expensive, especially in developing countries where it may be completely uneconomic. Control through genetically mediated resistance to diseases and pests, is both cheap and environmentally sa~e and at present most diseases and pests o~ staple ~ood crops are controlled through some form of resistance. One of the basic problems in the use of resistance is its ~re­ quent lack of durability; very often a type of resistance is used that 'breaks down' after a certain period. The temporary nature of this resistance, due to the development of new strains of pest or pathogen able to overcome it, has seriously hindered the improvement o~ the yield potential of many crops as a continuing effort is needed to replace old cultivars who resistance has failed, with new ones. Following Vanderplank's now classical publications (1963, 1968) which differentiated horizontal and vertical resistance, studies on several host-parasite systems have shown that di~ferent types of resistance can be distinguished genetically and epidemiologically, and on the ability o~ the pests or pathogens to adapt to them. A knowledge of how resistance operates at the population level has also opened up possibilities of 'managing' relatively simple resistance types in such a way that a stable host-pathogen system can be pro­ duced with a minimum of crop loss.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Agricultural Nematology of the CNR, Bari, Italy

    F. Lamberti

  • Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey, England

    J. M. Waller

  • Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy

    N. A. Graaff

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Durable Resistance in Crops

  • Editors: F. Lamberti, J. M. Waller, N. A. Graaff

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series A:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9305-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-9307-2Published: 04 July 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-9305-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 464

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Plant Sciences

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