Applied Plant Biotechnology for Improving Resistance to Biotic Stress

Applied Plant Biotechnology for Improvement of Resistance to Biotic Stress applies biotechnology insights that seek to improve plant genomes, thus helping them achieve higher resistance and optimal hormone signaling to increase crop yield. The book provides an analysis of the current state-of-the-art in plant biotechnology as applied to improving resistance to biotic stress. In recent years, significant progress has been made towards understanding the interplay between plants and their hosts, particularly the role of plant immunity in regulating, attenuating or neutralizing invading pathogens. As a result, there is a great need to integrate these insights with methods from biotechnology.

Applies biotechnology insights towards improving plant genomes, achieving higher resistance and optimizing hormone signaling to increase crop yieldPresents the most modern techniques, investigations, diagnostic tools and assays to monitor and detect contaminating agents in crops, such as grape, tomato, coffee and stone fruitProvides encyclopedic coverage of genes, proteins, interaction networks and mechanisms by which plants and hosts seek survivalDiscusses the methods available to make crops resistant and tolerant to disease without decreased yield or food productionProvides insights for policymakers into the difficulties faced by scientific researchers in the use of biotechnology intervention, transgenes and genetically modified sequences

1. Engineering Plant Leucine Rich Repeat- Receptors for Enhanced Pattern Triggered Immunity (PTI) and Effector Triggered Immunity (ETI) 2.Virus Induced Gene Silencing for Functional Genomics in Plants

3. Bringing PTI into the Field 4. NBS-LRR Genes -- Plant Health Sentinels: Structure, Roles Evolution and Biotechnological Applications 5. Informatic Tools and Platforms for Enhancing Plant R-Gene Discovery Processes 6. Spatial Transcriptional Response of Plants Induced by Compatible Pathogens and its Potential Use in Biosensor Plants 7. Grapevine; Resistance Genes, sRNAs and Immunity 8. Using Genomics Tools to Understand Plant Resistance Against Pathogens: A Case Study of Magnaporthe-Rice Interactions 9. Microbial Products and Secondary Metabolites in Plant Health 10. Molecular Tools to Investigate Sharka Disease in Prunus Species 11. Plant Viruses Against RNA Silencing-Based Defenses: Strategies and Solutions 12. Criniviruses Infecting Vegetable Crops 13. Role of Methylation During Geminivirus Infection 14. Foresight on Nanovesicles in Plant-Pathogen Interactions 15. The Role of Phytohormones in Plant-Viroid Interactions