Pathogen Recognition and Signal Transduction in Plant Immunity
Year: 2003
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: In natural environments, plants must defend themselves against attack from a variety of organisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, invertebrates, and, in some instances, other plants. However, we generally pay little attention to plant diseases in nature because spread is usually limited to small populations and is often restricted to small areas of tissue on individual plants. Uncontrolled spread of disease does occur however, in agricultural settings, often as a result of growing large fields of genetically uniform crops. This practice, known as monoculture, can promote the spread of a particular pathogen, which may result in greatly reduced yields and diminished product quality. Our current understanding of how plants defend themselves against pathogen ingress has provided some clues as to how plants might be engineered for increased disease resistance. These plants will help prevent disease epidemics and be an important component of more sustainable agricultural systems (1).
Source: Humana Press eBooks
Authors: Jonathan Cohn, Gregory B. Martin
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W122712605