Evolutionary Dynamics of Plant-Pathogen Interactions

ISBN-13: 9781108700153 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 392 str.

Jeremy J. Burdon; Anna-Liisa Laine

Opis

A broad view of plant-pathogen interactions illustrating the fundamental reciprocal role pathogens and hosts play in shaping each other's ecology and evolution.

Recenzje

'… a timely synthesis for any person that regularly works with plant pathogens (in agricultural or natural settings) and wants to learn more about the ecological and evolutionary aspects of plant-pathogen (fungi) interactions.' A. N. Schulz, Summer 2021 issue of Plant Science Bulletin

Spis treści

Preface; 1. The diverse and ubiquitous nature of pathogens; 2. Environment as a determinant of pathogen incidence, abundance and evolution; 3. Genetics of host plant resistance and pathogen infectivity and aggressiveness; 4. Sources and patterns of variation in plant pathogens; 5. Demographic and genetic processes in host and pathogen populations; 6. Co-evolutionary dynamics in a metapopulation context; 7. Co-evolution and host and pathogen life-histories; 8. Effect of pathogens on plant community dynamics; 9. Future developments.