
Plant Breeding for Pest and Disease Resistance
Studies in the Agricultural and Food Sciences
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Studies in the Agricultural and Food Sciences: Plant Breeding for Pest and Disease Resistance presents a critical review of the development of resistant varieties of plant to pests and diseases. It discusses the economic impact of pests and diseases; the methods of controlling these pests and diseases; and the challenges being faced by a plant breeder. Some of the topics covered in the book are the general principles and methods of breeding for resistance; importance of parasite variability to the plant breeder; methods of testing for resistance; requirements for successful inoculation; production of resistant varieties; and economic importance of fungal diseases; and variability in fungal pathogen. Pathogenic fungi and fungal diseases are also covered. The control of fungal diseases by resistant varieties is discussed. An in-depth analysis of diseases in plants is provided. The characteristics of bacteria and bacterial diseases are also presented. A chapter is devoted to epidemiology of diseases associated with mycoplasma-like organisms and rickettsia-like organisms. The book can provide useful information to farmers, botanists, students, and researchers.
Table of Contents
I Some Concepts of Breeding for Resistance
1 The Control of Pests and Diseases
Lettuce: Root Aphid
Scots Pine: Pine Root Collar Weevil, European Pine Sawfly, Zimmerman Pine Moth, White (Eastern) Pine Shoot Borer, Pine Grosbeak, Conclusions
Citrus: California Red Scale
Sorghum: Bird Pests
REFERENCES - PART IV
2 General Principles and Methods of Breeding for Resistance
Historical
Resistance in Relation to Other Breeding Objectives
Terminology and Some Theoretical Concepts
The Importance of Parasite Variability to the Plant Breeder
Sources of Resistance
Inheritance of Resistance
Methods of Testing for Resistance
Requirements for Successful Inoculation
The assessment of Resistance
Selecting for Resistance
Production of Resistant Varieties
Conclusions
References - Part I
II Resistance to Fungal Diseases
3 Pathogenic Fungi and Fungal Diseases
The Economic Importance of Fungal Diseases
Some Characteristics of Fungi and Fungal Diseases
Variability in Fungal Pathogens
Types of Resistance
Sources of Resistance
The Inheritance of Resistance
Testing and Selecting for Resistance
Disease assessment Methods
Factors Affecting The Expression of Resistance
The Control of Fungal Diseases by Resistant Varieties
4 Examples O Breeding for Resistance to Fungal Diseases
Wheat: Yellow (Stripe) Rust, Stem Rust, Leaf (Brown) Rust
Barley: Powdery Mildew
Rice: Blast
Maize (Corn): Southern Corn Leaf Blight, Maize (Corn) Rust
Potato: Late Blight, Wart Disease
Coffee: Leaf (Orange) Rust
Sugar Beet: Cercospora Leaf Spot, downy Mildew
Tomato: Fusarium Wilt, Leaf Mould
Sorghum: Smuts, Milo Disease
References - Part II
III Resistance to Diseases Caused by Bacteria, Mycoplasmas and Viruses
5 Bacterial Diseases
Economic Importance of Bacterial Diseases
Some Characteristics of Bacteria and Bacterial Diseases
Variability of Bacteria
Types of Resistance
Sources of Resistance
Inheritance of Resistance
Methods of Selection and Breeding for Resistance
6 Some Examples O Breeding for Resistance to Bacterial Diseases
Cotton: Bacterial Blight
Rice: Bacterial Blight
Tobacco: Bacterial (Granville) Wilt, Wildfire and Angular
Leaf Spot
Tomato: Bacterial Wilt, Bacterial Canker
Pears and Apples: Fireblight
7 Resistance to Diseases associated with Mycoplasma-Like Organism (MLO) and Rickttsia-Like Organism (RLO)
The Importance of Plant Diseases associated with MLO and RLO
Some Characteristics of MLO and RLO
The Epidemiology of Diseases associated with MLO and RLO
Methods of Disease Control
Control by Resistant Varieties
The Nature and Inheritance of Resistance
Conclusions
8 Resistance to Virus Diseases
The Importance of Virus Diseases
Characteristics of Viruses and Virus Diseases
Variability of Plant Viruses
Epidemiology and Transmission of Plant Virus Diseases
Types of Resistance to Virus Diseases
Selection and Breeding Methods
9 Examples of Resistance to Virus Diseases
Potatoes: Potato Leaf Roll Virus, Potato Virus Y, Potato Virus X, Other Viruses, Conclusions
Sugar Beet: Virus Yellows, Curly Top, Conclusions
Rice: Hoja Blanca (White Leaf), Tungro Disease, Stripe, Other Viruses,Conclusions
Tobacco: Tobacco Mosaic, Cucumber Mosaic, Vein Banding, Tomato Spotted Wilt, Tobacco Etch
Cocoa: Swollen Shoot, Conclusions
Tomato: Tomato Mosaic, Curlyttop, Spotted Wilt, Conclusions
Raspberries: Aphid-Transmitted Viruses, Nematode-Transmitted Viruses
Bananas: Bunchy Top, Abaca Mosaic
Cotton: Leaf Curl
Barley: Barley Yellow Dwarf
References - Part III
IV Resistance to Animal Pests
10 Pests - Some General Considerations
Economic Importance of Pest Attack
Agronomic and Chemical Control Methods
Some Characteristics of the Main Groups of Animal Pests
Genetic Variability in Animal Pests
Types of Resistance to Pests
Sources of Resistance
Inheritance of Resistance
Selection and Breeding Methods
Control of Animal Pests by Resistant Varieties
General Conclusions
11 Examples of Resistance to Animal Pests
Wheat, Barley and Oats: Hessian Fly, Greenbugs, Wheat Stem Sawfly,Cereal Leaf Beetle, Cereal Cyst Nematode, Oat Stem Eelworm, Conclusions
Cotton: Bollworms, Boll Weevil, Jassids, Conclusions
Sugar Beet: Aphids, Beet Eelworm (Cyst Nematode)
Rice: Rice Stem Borers, Leafhoppers and Planthoppers, Conclusions
Maize (Corn): European Corn Borer, Maize Stem Borers,Corn Earworms, Corn Leaf Aphid, Bird Pests
Alfalfa (Lucerne): Spotted Alfalfa Aphid, Pea Aphid
Potatoes: Potato (Golden) Cyst Nematodes, Aphids, Conclusions
Clover: Stem Nematodes
Tobacco: Root-Knot Nematode
Raspberries: Aphids, Conclusions
Brassica Crops: Cabbage Aphid
Lettuce: Root Aphid
Scots Pine: Pine Root Collar Weevil, European Pine Sawfly, Zimmerman Pine Moth, White (Eastern) Pine Shoot Borer, Pine Grosbeak, Conclusions
Citrus: California Red Scale
Sorghum: Bird Pests
References - Part IV
V Parasitic Weeds
12 Resistance to Parasitic Weeds
The Economic Importance of Parasitic Weeds
Some Characteristics of Parasitic Weeds
Agronomic and Chemical Control Methods
Control by Resistant Varieties
Methods of Testing for Resistance
The Nature of Resistance
Genetic Variation in Parasitic Weeds
Conclusions
References - Part V
VI General Conclusions on Breeding for Resistance
13 The Present Position
Experience with Fungal Diseases
Experience with Bacterial Diseases
Experience with Virus Diseases
Experience with Animal Pests
The Importance of Parasite Variability
The Genetics of Host-Plant Resistance
The Effectiveness of Different Types of Resistance
Some General Inferences
Some Benefits and Drawbacks of Breeding for Resistance
14 Future Prospects
Breeding Objectives and Priorities
The Dangers of Genetic Uniformity
Conservation of Germplasm
New Genetic and Breeding Techniques
The Future Role of Resistant Varieties
References - Part VI
Author Index
Subject Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 496
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 1978
- Published: January 1, 1978
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9781483192369
About the Author
G.E. Russell
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