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Open AccessUnderstanding the mechanisms underlying biological control of Fusarium diseases in cereals
Many Fusarium species cause serious diseases for cereal cultivation. These include Fusarium head blight and crown rot on wheat and bakanae disease on rice. These represent a major concern both in terms of food se...
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Plant extracts as potential control agents of Black Sigatoka in banana
Aqueous extracts of Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Capsicum annuum and Azadirachta indica were tested for efficacy for management of Pseudocercospora fijiensis in banana (Musa spp.) when applied as foliar sprays. Extract...
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Open AccessFusarium Head Blight Modifies Fungal Endophytic Communities During Infection of Wheat Spikes
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating disease of wheat heads. It is caused by several species from the genus Fusarium. Several endophytic fungi also colonize wheat spikes asymptomatically. Pathogenic and co...
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Transgenic crops and beyond: how can biotechnology contribute to the sustainable control of plant diseases?
Disease resistance is without argument the best technological approach to control diseases in plants since no management input is required by the grower once the resistant variety has been planted. The biggest...
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Activity-guided separation of Chromolaena odorata leaf extract reveals fractions with rice disease-reducing properties
An aqueous extract from the plant Chromolaena odorata [syn Eupatorium odoratum], Eupatorieae, Asteraceae, protected rice against sheath blight by induced resistance. As an initial step towards identification of t...
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Open AccessTranscriptomic profiling to identify genes involved in Fusarium mycotoxin Deoxynivalenol and Zearalenone tolerance in the mycoparasitic fungus Clonostachys rosea
Clonostachys rosea strain IK726 is a mycoparasitic fungus capable of controlling mycotoxin-producing Fusarium species, including F. graminearum and F. culmorum, known to produce Zearalenone (ZEA) and Deoxynivalen...
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The barley HvNAC6 transcription factor affects ABA accumulation and promotes basal resistance against powdery mildew
Barley HvNAC6 is a member of the plant-specific NAC (NAM, ATAF1,2, CUC2) transcription factor family and we have shown previously that it acts as a positive regulator of basal resistance in barley against the bio...
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A cultivation independent, PCR-based protocol for the direct identification of plant pathogens in infected plant material
A protocol involving PCR, shot-gun cloning and sequencing was developed as a pre-diagnostic screening tool working directly on disease symptoms. The method was used to show the presence of biotrophic and non-b...
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What are the prospects for genetically engineered, disease resistant plants?
Insect and herbicide-resistant plants are the most widely grown transgenics in agricultural production. No strategy using genetically engineered plants for disease resistance has had a comparable impact. Why i...
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Roles of reactive oxygen species in interactions between plants and pathogens
The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by the consumption of molecular oxygen during host–pathogen interactions is termed the oxidative burst. The most important ROS are singlet oxygen (1O2), the hydroxy...
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How can we exploit functional genomics approaches for understanding the nature of plant defences? Barley as a case study
The concept ‘functional genomics’ refers to the methods used for the functional characterisation of genomes. The methods utilised provide new opportunities for studying the nature and role of defence mechanism...
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How can we exploit functional genomics approaches for understanding the nature of plant defences? Barley as a case study
The concept ‘functional genomics’ refers to the methods used for the functional characterisation of genomes. The methods utilised provide new opportunities for studying the nature and role of defence mechanism...
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What are the prospects for genetically engineered, disease resistant plants?
Insect and herbicide-resistant plants are the most widely grown transgenics in agricultural production. No strategy using genetically engineered plants for disease resistance has had a comparable impact. Why i...
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Roles of reactive oxygen species in interactions between plants and pathogens
The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by the consumption of molecular oxygen during host–pathogen interactions is termed the oxidative burst. The most important ROS are singlet oxygen (1O2), the hydroxy...
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The HvNAC6 transcription factor: a positive regulator of penetration resistance in barley and Arabidopsis
Pathogens induce the expression of many genes encoding plant transcription factors, though specific knowledge of the biological function of individual transcription factors remains scarce. NAC transcription fa...
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Book review
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Book review: Plant–pathogen interactions – Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 11. Edited by Nicholas J. Talbot. 2004. 264 pp. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK. ISBN 1405114339. £89.50
