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Diagnosis and Detection of Soil-Borne Fungal Phytopathogens in Major Crops
Phytopathogenic soil-borne fungal species can inflict huge economic disturbances in the global agricultural sector. Soil-borne diseases, incited by...
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Detection of chlorophylls in spores of seven ferns
Fern spores were traditionally classified into chlorophyllous (green) and nonchlorophyllous (nongreen) types based on the color visible to the naked...
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Populations and Communities
In nature, any particular terrestrial habitat contains animal, plant, fungi, and microbe species that exist together in both time and space. Many of...
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Abiotic Biological Control Agents for Crop Disease Management
Biological management of crop diseases can be achieved to the desired level by judiciously integrating the biotic and abiotic agents with different...
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Microsporogenesis and pollen formation in cassava
This article describes the complete microsporogenesis and pollen formation in cassava ( Manihot esculenta Crantz) at the various developmental stages...
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Visualizing Cellular Dynamics in Plant–Microbe Interactions Using Fluorescent-Tagged Proteins
Interactions between plant cells and microbial pathogens involve highly dynamic processes of cellular trafficking and reorganization. Substantial...
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Cucurbit downy mildew (Pseudoperonospora cubensis)—biology, ecology, epidemiology, host-pathogen interaction and control
Cucurbit downy mildew, caused by the oomycete Pseudoperonospora cubensis , is a devastating, worldwide-distributed disease of cucurbit crops in the...
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Cucurbit downy mildew (Pseudoperonospora cubensis)—biology, ecology, epidemiology, host-pathogen interaction and control
Cucurbit downy mildew, caused by the oomycete Pseudoperonospora cubensis, is a devastating, worldwide-distributed disease of cucurbit crops in the...
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Comparative study of mycorrhizal susceptibility and anatomy of four palm species
A morphological and anatomical study of the root systems of the palm species Brahea armata S. Watson, Chamaerops humilis L., Phoenix canariensis ...
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Detection of Bacterial and Phytoplasmal Pathogens
Bacterial pathogens classified as prokaryotes are much simpler in structure and smaller in size and they have less complex structural features...
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Observing Meiosis in Filamentous Fungi: Sordaria and Neurospora
The filamentous fungi Neurospora crassa and Sordaria macrospora are materials of choice for recombination studies because each of the DNA strands...
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Angiosperm species that produce sperm cell pairs or generative cells with polarized distribution of DNA-containing organelles
We examined the distribution of DNA-containing organelles (plastids or mitochondria) in pollen from 115 angiosperm species (104 genera, 56 families)...
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Visual screening of microspore-derived transgenic barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) with green-fluorescent protein
The green-fluorescent protein (GFP) gene from the Pacific Northwest jellyfish, Aequorea victoria , was used as a screenable marker in the production...
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Unequal distribution of DNA-containing organelles in generative and sperm cells of Erythrina crista-galli (Fabaceae)
The generative cell at anthesis in the mature pollen grain of Erythrina crista-galli (Fabaceae) was examined by...
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Confocal fluorescence microscopy of plant cells
The confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) has become a vital instrument for the examination of subcellular structure, especially in fluorescently...
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Pollen development in orchids 4. Cytoskeleton and ultrastructure of the unequal pollen mitosis inPhalaenopsis
The unequal first mitosis in pollen of Phalaenopsis results in a small generative cell cut off at the distal surface of the microspore and a large...
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Cellular Techniques
This chapter deals with the isolation, purification and culture of plant cells derived from leaves, cell suspensions, immature and mature pollen.