Molecular Aspects of Plant-Pathogen Interaction [Hardcover]

The book offers an integrated overview of plantpathogen interactions. It discusses all the steps in the pathway, from the microbehost-cell interface and the plants recognition of the microbe to the plants defense response and biochemical alterations to achieve tolerance / resistance. It also sheds light on the classes of pathogens (bacteria, fungus and viruses); effector molecules, such as PAMPs; receptor molecules like PRRs and NBS-LRR proteins; signaling components like MAPKs; regulatory molecules, such as phytohormones and miRNA; transcription factors, such as WRKY; defense-related proteins such as PR-proteins; and defensive metabolites like secondary metabolites. In addition, it examines the role of post-genomics, high-throughput technology (transcriptomics and proteomics) in studying pathogen outbreaks causing crop losses in a number of plants. Providing a comprehensive picture of plant-pathogen interaction, the updated information included in this book is valuable for all those involved in crop improvement.

Chapter 1. Arabidopsis thaliana as a Model system to study Plant-Pathogen Interaction.- Chapter 2. Fungal and Bacterial Biotrophy and Necrotrophy.- Chapter 3. Plant-Virus Interactions.- Chapter 4. Pathogen Related Effector Molecules and their Receptors: PAMPs? & PRRs.- Chapter 5. Role of Nucleotide Binding Site-Leucine Rich Repeat (NBS-LRR) Proteins in Plant Defense.- Chapter 6. Recent Advancement on MAP Kinase Cascade in Biotic Stress.- Chapter 7. Signalling During Plant-Pathogen Interaction.- Chapter 8. Insights into the Role of WRKY Superfamily of Proteins Transcription Factor in Defense Response.- Chapter 9. Small Non-Coding RNA Based Regulation of Plant Immunity.- Chapter 10. Transcriptomics Studies Revealing Enigma of Plant-Pathogen Interaction.- Chapter 11. Proteomics Studies Revealing Enigma of Plant-Pathogen Interaction.- Chapter 12. Role of Pathol£‘