Book description
Molecular Plant Immunity provides an integrated look at both
well-established and emerging concepts in plant disease resistance
providing the most current information on this important vitally
important topic within plant biology. Understanding the molecular
basis of the plant immune system has implications on the development
of new varieties of sustainable crops, understanding the challenges
plant life will face in changing environments, as well as providing a
window into immune function that could have translational appeal to
human medicine.
Molecular Plant Immunity opens with chapters reviewing how the
first line of plant immune response is activated followed by chapters
looking at the molecular mechanisms that allow fungi, bacteria, and
oomycetes to circumvent those defenses. Plant resistance proteins,
which provide the second line of plant immune defense, are then
covered followed by chapters on the role of hormones in immunity and
the mechanisms that modulate specific interaction between plants and
viruses. The final chapters look at model plant-pathogen systems to
review interaction between plants and fungal, bacterial, and viral pathogens.
Written by a leading team of international experts, Molecular
Plant Immunity will provide a needed resource to diverse
research community investigated plant immunity.
Guido Sessa is Associate Professor of Molecular Plant Pathology
in the Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants at
Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
