Ebook: Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Plant-Nematode Interactions

In 1992 a Concerted Action Programme (CAP) was initiated by Peter Sijmons with the purpose of intensifying collaborations between 16 European laboratories working on plant-parasitic nematodes. The four-year programme entitled `Resistance mechanisms against plant-parasitic nematodes' focused on molecular aspects of the interaction between sedentary nematodes and plants on the model system Arabidopsis and on novel resistance strategies. Funding was provided mainly for exchange visits between collaborating laboratories and for the organization of annual meetings. During the last annual meeting which was held in May 1996 in Toledo, Spain, Carmen Fenoll initiated the production of this volume. The book presents a series of up-to-date reviews, each written by one of the participating laboratories, which include the scientific progress achieved in the frame of this CAP but are by no means limited in scope to this work.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Front Matter....Pages viii-viii
Prologue....Pages 1-2
Root Parasitic Nematodes: An Overview....Pages 5-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Root Anatomy and Development, the Basis for Nematode Parasitism....Pages 25-37
Plant Signals in Nematode Hatching and Attraction....Pages 38-50
Invasion and Migration Behaviour of Sedentary Nematodes....Pages 51-64
The Biology of Giant Cells....Pages 65-79
The Structure of Syncytia....Pages 80-97
Nematode Secretions....Pages 98-106
Physiology of Nematode Feeding and Feeding Sites....Pages 107-119
Cell Cycle Regulation in Nematode Feeding Sites....Pages 120-132
Regulation of Gene Expression in Feeding Sites....Pages 133-149
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Natural Resistance: The Assessment of Variation in Virulence in Biological and Molecular Terms....Pages 153-166
Genetic and Molecular Strategies for the Cloning of (A)Virulence Genes in Sedentary Plant-Parasitic Nematodes....Pages 167-175
Breeding for Nematode Resistance in Sugarbeet: A Molecular Approach....Pages 176-190
Resistance to Root-Knot Nematodes in Tomato....Pages 191-200
Biochemistry of Plant Defence Responses to Nematode Infection....Pages 201-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Engineering Resistance Against Plant Parasitic Nematodes Using Anti-Nematode Genes....Pages 217-236
Engineering Plant Nematode Resistance by Anti-Feedants....Pages 237-249
Anti-Feeding Structure Approaches to Nematode Resistance....Pages 250-261
Towards Plantibody-Mediated Resistance Against Nematodes....Pages 262-271
Back Matter....Pages 275-287
Epilogue....Pages 273-274

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Front Matter....Pages viii-viii
Prologue....Pages 1-2
Root Parasitic Nematodes: An Overview....Pages 5-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Root Anatomy and Development, the Basis for Nematode Parasitism....Pages 25-37
Plant Signals in Nematode Hatching and Attraction....Pages 38-50
Invasion and Migration Behaviour of Sedentary Nematodes....Pages 51-64
The Biology of Giant Cells....Pages 65-79
The Structure of Syncytia....Pages 80-97
Nematode Secretions....Pages 98-106
Physiology of Nematode Feeding and Feeding Sites....Pages 107-119
Cell Cycle Regulation in Nematode Feeding Sites....Pages 120-132
Regulation of Gene Expression in Feeding Sites....Pages 133-149
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Natural Resistance: The Assessment of Variation in Virulence in Biological and Molecular Terms....Pages 153-166
Genetic and Molecular Strategies for the Cloning of (A)Virulence Genes in Sedentary Plant-Parasitic Nematodes....Pages 167-175
Breeding for Nematode Resistance in Sugarbeet: A Molecular Approach....Pages 176-190
Resistance to Root-Knot Nematodes in Tomato....Pages 191-200
Biochemistry of Plant Defence Responses to Nematode Infection....Pages 201-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Engineering Resistance Against Plant Parasitic Nematodes Using Anti-Nematode Genes....Pages 217-236
Engineering Plant Nematode Resistance by Anti-Feedants....Pages 237-249
Anti-Feeding Structure Approaches to Nematode Resistance....Pages 250-261
Towards Plantibody-Mediated Resistance Against Nematodes....Pages 262-271
Back Matter....Pages 275-287
Epilogue....Pages 273-274
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