Parasitic Orobanchaceae : Parasitic Mechanisms and Control Strategies /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Joel, Daniel M. (Editor ), Gressel, Jonathan. (Editor ), Musselman, Lytton J. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The parasitic syndrome in higher plants
  • The haustorium and the life cycles of parasitic Orobanchaceae
  • Functional structure of the mature haustorium
  • Haustorium initiation and early development
  • Haustorium invasion into host tissues
  • The physiology of the established parasite-host association
  • Host reaction to attack by root parasitic plants
  • Seed production and dispersal in the Orobanchaceae
  • The seed and the seedling
  • Induction of germination
  • Germination eco-physiology
  • Are karrikin signalling mechanisms relevant to strigolactone perception?- Changing host specificities: by mutational changes or epigenetic reprogramming?- Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary trends in Orobanchaceae
  • Genomic evolution in Orobanchaceae
  • Ecology of hemi-parasitic Orobanchaceae with special reference to their interaction with plant communities
  • Weedy Orobanchaceae – The problem
  • The parasitic weeds of the Orobanchaceae
  • Population diversity and dynamics of parasitic weeds
  • Molecular diagnosis of parasite seed banks
  • Marker-assisted and physiology-based breeding for resistance to Orobanchaceae
  • Integrated agronomic management of parasitic weed seed banks
  • Chemical control
  • Biotechnologies for directly generating crops resistant to parasites
  • Allelopathy
  • Biocontrol.