Molecular Plant–Microbe Interactions Bouarab Beaulieu Brisson Després Daayf CABI

Molecular Plant-Microbe InteractionsAuthor(s): Kamal Bouarab, Carole Beaulieu, Normand Brisson, Charles Despres, Fouad Daayf, Darrell Desveaux, Patrice Dunoyer, Peter Moffett, Fengming Song, Rajagopal Subramaniam\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: CABI Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: CABI Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781845935740, 978-1845935740\nSynopsis\nPlants have evolved both general and highly specialized defence mechanisms that function to prevent diseases caused by the majority of microbial pathogens they encounter. Highly specialized defence is governed by specific interactions between pathogen avr (avirulence) genes' loci and alleles of the corresponding plant disease resistance (R) loci. These defences can be very dynamic as microbes from the same species can act differently in their co-evolution with the specific host plant, which in turn has similarly evolved its response to external threats. There have been major developments in the field of plant-microbe interactions in recen.