Overview
- First summary describing the genomes of several distinct groups of agriculturally significant fungi, with the tremendous progress made over the last decade
- Describes both theoretical and practical aspects of fighting against crop loss
- Of particular interest for scientists in industry, academia and government
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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This book describes how genomics has revolutionized our understanding of agriculturally important plant-associated fungi. It illustrates some fundamental discoveries about these eukaryotic microbes with regard to the overall structure of their genomes, their lifestyles and the molecular mechanisms that form the basis of their interactions with plants. Genomics has provided new insights into fungal lifestyles and led to practical advances in plant breeding and crop protection, such as predictions about the spread and evolution of new pathogens.
This volume focuses on fungi that are important cereal and other monocot plant pathogens and includes: Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, Cochliobolus sp., Colletotrichum sp., Fusarium graminearum, Mycosphaerella graminicola and Mycosphaerella fijiensis, Magnaporthe oryzae, Blumeria graminis and Puccinia graminis.
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Book Title: Genomics of Plant-Associated Fungi: Monocot Pathogens
Editors: Ralph A. Dean, Ann Lichens-Park, Chittaranjan Kole
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44053-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (outside the USA) 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-44052-0Published: 05 September 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52277-6Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-44053-7Published: 23 August 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 201
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Mycology, Agriculture, Plant Pathology, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology