DISEASE RESISTANCE IN PLANTS

By O. HIARU

CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN PLANT DEFENSE RESPONSES TO FUNGAL INFECTION INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND SIGNALS AND SIGNAL DELIVERY IN PLANT-FUNGUS/OOMYCETE INTERACTIONS SIGNAL PERCEPTION—A COMPLEX MATTER CELLULAR SIGNALING—A MATTER OF NETWORKS CONCLUSIONS CHAPTER 2 CELLULAR EXPRESSION OF RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL PLANT PATHOGENS INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND DETAILED REVIEW USE OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS TO STUDY EXPRESSION OF RESISTANCE AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL CURRENT WORK IN OUR LABORATORY CONCLUDING REMARKS CHAPTER 3 THE HYPERSENSITIVE RESPONSE AND ITS ROLE IN DISEASE RESISTANCE FEATURES OF THE HYPERSENSITIVE RESPONSE PROTEINS INVOLVED IN PATHOGEN RECOGNITION AND INITIATION OF HR CELL DEATH SMALL MOLECULES INVOLVED IN SIGNALING AND EXECUTION OF HR CELL DEATH NEGATIVE REGULATORY COMPONENTS IS PROTEIN DEGRADATION IMPORTANT FOR EXECUTION OF HR CELL DEATH? THE ROLE OF CELL ORGANELLES IN HR INDUCTION IS HR CELL DEATH REQUIRED FOR RESISTANCE? DO PLANT PATHOGENS MODULATE THE HR IN AN ACTIVE MANNER? DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS: EXPLOITATION OF HR FOR DISEASE CONTROL CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS CHAPTER 4 FUNGAL (A)VIRULENCE FACTORS AT THE CROSSROADS OF DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY AND RESISTANCE FUNGAL (A)VIRULENCE GENES WITH GENOTYPE AND SPECIES SPECIFICITY PATHOGENS WITH EVOLVED MECHANISMS TO COUNTERACT PLANT DEFENSE RESPONSES PLANT GENES THAT CONFER RESISTANCE TOWARD FUNGI AND OOMYCETES PERCEPTION OF AVR GENE PRODUCTS BY RESISTANT PLANT GENOTYPES DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS THAT DISPLAY BROAD RESISTANCE AGAINST PATHOGENS CHAPTER 5 PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEINS AND THEIR ROLES IN RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL PATHOGENS CLASSIFICATION OF PR PROTEINS NONDEFENSE FUNCTIONS OF PR PROTEINS AND PR-LIKE PROTEINS NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC ELICITORS OF PR-PROTEIN GENES MECHANISMS THAT PROTECT PATHOGENS FROM PR PROTEINS TRANSGENIC PLANTS EXPRESSING SINGLE GENES FOR PR PROTEINS TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH COMBINATIONS OF PR PROTEINS CHAPTER 6 INDUCED PLANT RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL PATHOGENS: MECHANISMS AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS MECHANISMS OF INDUCED RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL PATHOGENS THE APPLICATION OF INDUCED RESISTANCE TRANSGENIC PLANTS AND INDUCED RESISTANCE TO FUNGI CURRENT RESEARCH PROGRAM ON INDUCED RESISTANCE IN CUCUMBER CHAPTER 7 GENETIC ENGINEERING OF PLANTS TO ENHANCE RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL PATHOGENS GENETIC ENGINEERING APPROACHES ACTIVATION OF PLANT DEFENSE RESPONSES RESISTANCE GENES (R GENES) CHALLENGES