Induced Resistance for Plant Defense : a Sustainable Approach to Crop Protection

Induced resistance offers the prospect of broad spectrum, long-lasting and potentially environmentally-benign disease and pest control in plants. __Induced Resistance for Plant Defense__ 2e provides a comprehensive account of the subject, encompassing the underlying science and methodology, as well as research on application of the phenomenon in practice. The second edition of this important book includes updated coverage of cellular aspects of induced resistance, including signalling and defenses, costs and trade-offs associated with the expression of induced resistance, research aimed at integrating induced resistance into crop protection practice, and induced resistance from a commercial perspective. Current thinking on how beneficial microbes induce resistance in plants has been included in the second edition. The 14 chapters in this book have been written by internationally-respected researchers and edited by three editors with considerable experience of working on induced resistance. Like its predecessor, the second edition of __Induced Resistance for Plant Defense__ will be of great interest to plant pathologists, plant cell and molecular biologists, agricultural scientists, crop protection specialists, and personnel in the agrochemical industry. All libraries in universities and research establishments where biological, agricultural, horticultural and forest sciences are studied and taught should have copies of this book on their shelves. Introduction: definitions and some history / Ray Hammerschmidt Agents that can elicit induced resistance / Gary Lyon Transcriptome analysis of induced resistance / Brendan Kidd, Kemal Kazan and Peer M. Schenk Signalling networks involved in induced resistance / Corn M.J. Pieterse, Christos Zamioudis, Dieuwertje Van der Does and Saskia C.M. Van Wees Types and mechanisms of rapidly induced plant resistance to herbivorous arthropods / Michael J. Stout Mechanisms of defence to pathogens: biochemistry and physiology / Christophe Garcion, Olivier Lamotte, Jean-Luc Cacas and Jean-Pierre M¿traux Induced resistance in natural ecosystems and pathogen population biology: exploiting interactions / Adrian Newton and J¿rn Pons-Kühnemann Microbial induction of resistance to pathogens / Dale R. Walters and Alison E. Bennett Trade-offs associated with induced resistance / Martin Heil Topical application of inducers for disease control / Beatrice Randoux, Patrice Halama, Ali Siah, Philippe Reignault and Dale Walters How do beneficial microbes induce systemic resistance? / Emily Beardon, Julie Scholes and Jurriaan Ton Implementation of induced resistance for crop protection / Tony Reglinski, Elizabeth Dann and Brian Deverall Exploitation of induced resistance: a commercial perspective / Andy Leadbeater and Theo Staub Induced resistance in crop protection: the future, drivers and barriers / Gary D. Lyon, Adrian C. Newton and Dale R. Walters.