ABSTRACT
With the continuous struggle between crops and the diseases which exploit them, achieving durable disease resistance remains a challenge. The sector must influence developments in key areas to be able to achieve this goal for some of the major diseases that affect cereal crops. Achieving durable disease resistance in cereals provides an authoritative review of these developments, from advances in understanding pathogen biology/epidemiology and plant pathogen interactions, to identifying sources of resistance and advances in techniques for breeding new varieties. This collection offers a comprehensive discussion on the major diseases that affect cereal crops, including, but not limited to, leaf rust, Fusarium head blight, Septoria tritici blotch, tan spot and powdery mildew. Edited by Professor Richard Oliver, Curtin University, Australia, Achieving durable disease resistance in cereals will be a excellent reference framework for researchers in cereal science, arable farmers, government and private sector agencies supporting cereal production and companies supplying the cereals sector (e.g. seed companies; fertiliser and pesticide manufacturers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|67 pages
Fungal diseases of cereals: rusts
part 2|161 pages
Fungal diseases of cereals: Fusarium head blight
part 3|114 pages
Fungal diseases of cereals: Septoria tritici blotch
part 4|117 pages
Fungal diseases of cereals: Septoria nodorum blotch and spot blotch
part 5|112 pages
Fungal diseases of cereals: net blotch
part 6|119 pages
Fungal diseases of cereals: tan spot, blast and Ramularia
part 7|70 pages
Barley yellow dwarf virus
part 8|143 pages
Fungal diseases of cereals: Regional strategies