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: 9780521400800
• ISBN10: 0521400805
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-07-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The seventeenth symposium of the British Mycological Society was held jointly with the British Society for Plant Pathology and the Society of Irish Plant Pathologists. The subject of the symposium was Phytophthora, the organism responsible for many plant diseases, most notably potato blight. This book presents the results of the meeting, in a wide-ranging volume incorporating chapters discussing the history of potato blight, host-pathogen reactions, systematics and intraspecific variation, molecular and genetic studies and the development of effective control methods. Arguably the most studied of all plant pathogens, Phytophthora remains a problem in modern agriculture.

Table of Contents

1. The Rev. Miles Berkeley and the blight of the potato

2. Potato blight in Europe in 1845: the scientific controversy

3. Phytophthora infestans: the Mexican connection

4. Host-pathogen interactions

5. Ultrastructural and immunological studies of zoospores of Phytophthora

6. Surface-related host-pathogen interactions in Phytophthora

7. Molecular aspects of host-pathogen interactions in Phytophthora

8. Current questions in Phytophthora systematics

9. Relationships between non-papillate soilborne species of Phytophthora root rot of raspberry

10. Variation in the species of the Phytophthora megasperma complex

11. Molecular approaches in Phytophthora taxonomy using polymorphisms in mitochondrial and nuclear DNA

12. Relationships between Phytophthora species: evidence from isozyme analysis

13. Molecular mapping in Phytophthora infestans

14. Variation in ploidy in Phytophthora infestans

15. Inheritance of virulence and other phenotypic traits in Phytophthora infestans

16. Isozymes in Phytophthora infestans

17. Parasexual genetics in Phytophthora

18. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms in Phytophthora infestans

19. Transformation in Phytophthora parasitica

20. Towards gene-transfer systems and understanding gene structure in Phytophthora infestans

21. Forecasting and control strategies for potato late blight

22. Current problems in chemical control of late blight: the Northern Ireland experience

23. Phenylamides and Phytophthora

24. Synergism among fungicides for control of Phytophthora

25. Development and evaluation of blight resistant potato cultivars

26. Microbial suppression of Phytophthora cinnamomi

27. Chemical and biological control of Phytophthora species in woody plants

28. Strategies for the integrated control of soilborne Phytophthora species

Index.