The Gene-For-Gene Relationship in Plant-Parasite Interactions

by Jeremy J Burdon, Eric B Holub, Ian R Crute

Book Overview

Genetics has transformed plant pathology on two occasions: first when Mendelian genetics enabled the discovery that disease resistance was a heritable trait in plants, and secondly when Flor proposed the "gene-for-gene" hypothesis to explain his observations of plant-parasite interactions, based on his work on flax rust in North Dakota starting in the 1930s. Our knowledge of the genetics of disease resistance and host-pathogen coevolution is now entering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851991645
• ISBN13: 9780851991641
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Cabi
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.8" x 9.3"