Phytophthora: Symposium of the British Mycological Society, the British Society for Plant Pathology and the Society of Irish Plant Pathologists Held at Trinity College, Dublin September 1989

by Edited by J. A. Lucas , R. C. Shattock , D. S. Shaw , Louise R. Cook

• ISBN13: 9780521189767
• ISBN10: 0521189764
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-02
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The subject of this volume is Phytophthora, the organism responsible for many plant diseases, most notably potato blight. This wide-ranging book presents the results of a symposium, and incorporates chapters on the history of potato blight, host-pathogen reactions, systematics and intraspecific variation, molecular and genetic studies, and the development of effective control methods.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. viii
Preface	p. xii
The Reverend Miles Berkeley	p. 1
Potato blight in Europe in 1845: the scientific controversy	p. 12
Phytophthora infestans: the Mexican connection	p. 25
Host-pathogen interactions: current questions	p. 46
Ultrastructural and immunological studies of zoospores of Phytophthora	p. 50
Surface-related host-pathogen interactions in Phytophthora	p. 70
Molecular aspects of host-pathogen interactions in Phytophthora	p. 90
Current questions in Phytophthora systematics: the role of the population approach	p. 104
Relationships between non-papillate soilborne species of Phytophthora: root rot of raspberry	p. 129
Variation in the species of the Phytophthora megasperma complex	p. 148
Approaches to the taxonomy of Phytophthora using polymorphisms in mitochondrial and nuclear DNA	p. 164
Relationships between Phytophthora species: evidence from isozyme analysis	p. 184
Variation in ploidy in Phytophthora infestans	p. 204
Genetics of Phytophthora infestans: the Mendelian approach	p. 218
Isozymes and the population genetics of Phytophthora infestans	p. 231
Parasexuality in Phytophthora?	p. 242
DNA polymorphisms in Phytophthora infestans: the Cornell experience	p. 256
DNA polymorphisms in Phytophthora infestans: the UK experience	p. 272
Gene structure and expression in Phytophthora infestans and the development of gene-mediated transformation	p. 295
Towards transformation in Phytophthora nicotianae	p. 312
Potato late blight: forecasts and disease suppression	p. 326
Current problems in chemical control of late blight: the Northern Ireland experience	p. 337
Phenylamides and Phytophthora	p. 349
Synergism between fungicides for control of Phytophthora	p. 361
Development and evaluation of blight resistant potato cultivars	p. 373
Microbial suppression of Phytophthora cinnamomi	p. 383
Chemical and biological control of Phytophthora species in woody plants	p. 399
Strategies for the integrated control of soilborne Phytophthora species	p. 411
Index	p. 433
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