Ebook: Genetics and Breeding for Crop Quality and Resistance: Proceedings of the XV EUCARPIA Congress, Viterbo, Italy, September 20–25, 1998

The book highlights the state of research in plant genetics and breeding and the results and applications of biotechnology procedures: i.e. achievements and perspectives of molecular biology and genetic engineering in the improvement of quantitative, qualitative and nutritional characters of crops, including their resistance to pests and diseases and their adaptation to different ecosystems.
The book is divided into seven chapters. The first six are focused on the research aimed at improvement of resistance to Fungi, Bacteria, Nematode, Virus and Insect, and improvement of Quality. The latter was assigned two keynote lectures, respectively on agro-food quality and on quality of wood plants. Each chapter begins with a keynote paper. The seventh chapter includes the special lectures which opened and closed the Congress.

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The book highlights the state of research in plant genetics and breeding and the results and applications of biotechnology procedures: i.e. achievements and perspectives of molecular biology and genetic engineering in the improvement of quantitative, qualitative and nutritional characters of crops, including their resistance to pests and diseases and their adaptation to different ecosystems.
The book is divided into seven chapters. The first six are focused on the research aimed at improvement of resistance to Fungi, Bacteria, Nematode, Virus and Insect, and improvement of Quality. The latter was assigned two keynote lectures, respectively on agro-food quality and on quality of wood plants. Each chapter begins with a keynote paper. The seventh chapter includes the special lectures which opened and closed the Congress.

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The book highlights the state of research in plant genetics and breeding and the results and applications of biotechnology procedures: i.e. achievements and perspectives of molecular biology and genetic engineering in the improvement of quantitative, qualitative and nutritional characters of crops, including their resistance to pests and diseases and their adaptation to different ecosystems.
The book is divided into seven chapters. The first six are focused on the research aimed at improvement of resistance to Fungi, Bacteria, Nematode, Virus and Insect, and improvement of Quality. The latter was assigned two keynote lectures, respectively on agro-food quality and on quality of wood plants. Each chapter begins with a keynote paper. The seventh chapter includes the special lectures which opened and closed the Congress.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Pathogenesis-related proteins for the control of fungal diseases of tomato....Pages 3-14
Crown rust resistance in ryegrasses....Pages 15-24
Breeding research on resistance to Fusarium head blight in wheay....Pages 25-32
Genetics of durabel adult plant resistance to rust diseases in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)....Pages 33-42
Assessment and genetics of host plant resistance to yellow rust in bread wheat germplasm adapted to the East African highlands....Pages 43-50
The role of b-32 protein in protecting plants against pathogens....Pages 51-59
Mapping different resistances against downy mildew in sunflower....Pages 61-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-76
Resistance to bacteria in tomato....Pages 77-82
Phytopathogen resistance improvement of horticultural crops by plant-defensin gene introduction....Pages 83-92
Plant-bacterial pathogen interaction modified in transgenic tomato plants expressing the Gox gene encoding glucose oxidase....Pages 93-100
Nitric oxide signalling in the plant hypersensitive disease resistance response....Pages 101-101
Polymorphism of inhibitors of hydrolytic enzymes present in cereal and sunflower seeds....Pages 103-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-118
Cereal ?-amylase/trypsin inhibitors and transgenic insect resistance....Pages 119-125
New genes for pest control....Pages 127-133
Expression of thaumatin II gene in horticultural crops....Pages 135-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Development and molecular characterisation of nematode-resistant rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)....Pages 147-158
Integration of nematode-responsive regulatory sequences from Arabidopsis thaliana into nematode control strategies....Pages 159-163
Genome engineering for pest resistance in potato....Pages 165-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-181
An appraisal of pathogen-derived resistance for the control of virus diseases....Pages 183-183
Breeding for virus resistance in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)....Pages 185-193
Inheritance of resistance to SCMV and MDMV in european maize....Pages 195-202
Strategies to search for new Citrus Tristeza Virus resistant genotypes in a germplasm bank....Pages 203-210
Front Matter....Pages 211-219
Genetic manipulation of lipoxygenases for the agrifood industry....Pages 221-221
Molecular marker and genetic engineering strategies to improve wood quality in poplar....Pages 223-232
Advanced backcross QTL analysis: a method for the systematic use of exotic germplasm in the improvement of crop quality....Pages 233-240
QTLs for organoleptic quality in fresh market tomato....Pages 241-250
Genetic engineering of parthenocarpic vegetable crops....Pages 251-256
Control of melon ripening by genetic engineering....Pages 257-257
Breeding of vegetables with minimum pollutant accumulation....Pages 259-269
Variability of seed storage proteins within the sunflower gene pool....Pages 271-282
Sunflower breeding for different oil quality....Pages 283-290
Gluten agglomeration in batters as quality characteristic of wheat varieties for wafer making and starch production....Pages 291-299
QTL for quality parameters for bread-making in a segregating wheat by spelt population....Pages 301-306
Front Matter....Pages 307-312
Detection of QTL for bread-making quality in wheat using molecular markers....Pages 313-322
Indirect selection for total digestible dry matter yield in forage maize, using stem diameter....Pages 323-330
Front Matter....Pages 331-338
Agricultural production and natural resources....Pages 339-346
Where do we go from this point....Pages 347-355
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