Understanding the mechanisms by which plants handle attack by pathogens, herbivores, or endure abiotic stress is a crucial step toward improving plant productivity and crop yields in the face of dwindling global agricultural resources. This book examines the ability of plants to tolerate attacks and stresses in a manner designed to be useful to those already knowledgeable in the fields of plant resistance mechanisms, and those interested in learning more about these phenomena. This book is suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and those teaching upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level courses in plant physiology or plant pathology.

Deals with the ability of plants to tolerate attacks and stresses, and examines in detail aspects of resistance responses and mechanisms of resistance Provides new material not present in other books: information on resistance to abiotic stresses, ultrastructural studies of plant disease resistance, and plantibody-based disease resistance in plants Suitable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and instructors Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Dr. Tuzun, currently a full professor at Auburn University, is a molecular plant pathologist and pioneer in the field of induced systemic resistance.

Dr. Bent, currently a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of Dr. James Borneman at the Unviersity of California Riverside, is investigating the microbial basis of disease suppression in soil. She has degrees in microbiology and soil science, and has investigated a variety of interactions between plants and microorganisms or microfauna in the rhizosphere.

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This comprehensive volume consists of a series of up-to-date reviews, each incorporating current models and knowledge related to mechanisms of resistance either expressed constitutively or induced systemically in plants. Each chapter covers a topic related to the phenomenon of plant resistance to fungal and bacterial pathogens, insects, nematodes, viruses or abiotic stress in plants, as well as the application of this knowledge to protect crops now and in the future. Researchers, upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, and those teaching courses in plant physiology, entomology and plant pathology will find this volume a much needed asset. Featured Topics include: QTL analysis of multigenic disease resistance in plant breeding Ultrastructural studies in plant disease resistance Chemical signals in plant resistance: salicylic acid Signaling in plant resistance responses: divergence and cross-talk of defense pathways Tree defenses against insects Chemical signals in plants: jasmonates and the role of insect-derived elicitors in responses to herbivores Engineering plants for durable disease resistance Commercialization of plant systemic defense activation: theory, problems and successes

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Terminology Related to Induced Systemic Resistance: Incorrect Use of Synonyms may Lead to a Scientific Dilemma by Misleading Interpretation of Results.- What's Old and What's New in Concepts of Induced Systemic Resistance in Plants, and its Application.- QTL Analysis of Multigenic Disease Resistance in Plant Breeding.- Ultrastructural Studies in Plant Disease Resistance.- The Hypersensitive Response in Plant Disease Resistance.- The Possible Role of PR Proteins in Multigenic and Induced Systemic Resistance.- Chemical Signals in Plant Resistance: Salicylic Acid.- Signaling in Plant Resistance Responses: Divergence and Cross-Talk of Defense Pathways.- The Relationship Between Basal and Induced Resistance in Arabidopsis.- Induced Systemic Resistance Mediated by Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and Fungi (PGPF).- Chemical Signals in Plants: Jasmonates and the Role of Insect-Derived Elicitors in Responses to Herbivores.- Tree Defenses Against Insects.- The Role of Terpene Synthases in the Direct and Indirect Defense of Conifers Against Insect Herbivory and Fungal Pathogens.- Mechanisms Involved in Plant Resistance to Nematodes.- Mechanisms Involved in Induced Resistance to Plant Viruses.- Mechanisms Underlying Plant Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses.- Commercialization of Plant Systemic Defense Activation: Theory, Problems and Successes.- Engineering Plants for Durable Disease Resistance.- Plantibody-Based Disease Resistance in Plants.