Fungal Disease Resistance in Plants: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetic Engineering (Crop Science) (Crop Science)

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Up-to-date, accurate information on recent developments in crop protection!

Fungal Disease Resistance in Plants: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetic Engineering presents the latest developments in crop protection from fungal infection. Leading experts in botany, plant breeding, and plant pathology contribute their knowledge to help reduce and possibly prevent new outbreaks of devastating crop epidemics caused by fungi. With exciting new advances in molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetic engineering, this informative book will help researchers, professors, and students further their understanding of plant defenses.

Fungal Disease Resistance in Plants is your guide to understanding the various barriers that plants have developed through evolution and adaptation to protect themselves from invading fungal pathogens. Defenses include physical barriers such as thick cell walls and chemical compounds expressed by the plant when attacked. Still other plants have acquired proteins that play an important role in defense. This book discusses these evolutionary traits and introduces new scientific techniques to engineer resistance in plants that have no built-in protection.

Fungal Disease Resistance in Plants explores:

cellular expression of resistance to fungal pathogens
the hypersensitive response and its role in disease resistance
induced plant resistance to fungal pathogens—mechanisms and practical
applications
pathogenesis-related proteins and their roles in resistance to fungal pathogens
signal transduction—plant networks, delivery, and response to fungal infection
fungus genes as they relate to disease susceptibility and resistance

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Most genetics textbooks deal adequately with plant and animal genetics, but tend to neglect fungi except for two areas. Firstly, the ascus segregations which, in the 1960s, contributed so much to developing an understanding of the mechanism of recombination and secondly, the contribution that work on yeast (as a model eukaryote) is currently making to understanding cell cycle control and its genetic regulation. Consequently, most introductory genetics texts will leave the reader/student with the impression that fungi are of use when peculiarities of their structure or life style suit them to particular experimental approaches, but are not worth mentioning otherwise. The authors have produced a book that will compensate for this imbalance. This book discusses the genetics of fungi in a way that is attractive and challenging, succinct yet comprehensive, sensitive to commercial and applied aspects, yet also theoretical, dealing with their genetics from molecules to individuals to population. This short text will be an ideal supplement to the established basic textbooks in genetics or can be used as the sole text for an advanced course devoted to fungal genetics.

Fungal Populations and Species (Life Science)

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Fungal Populations and Species (Life Science)
John Burnett
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: 0198515529

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The population genetics and speciation of fungi is a rapidly developing field, heavily dependent upon the use of molecular markers. No basic text exists which describes the methods employed or the findings obtained from such investigations. This book is intended to provide such an account. It describes the methodologies employed and, for the benefit of the non-mycological reader, a brief introduction to basic fungal biology. Recent findings relating to processes in fungal populations - mutation, migration, recombination, heterokaryosis, hybridization, polyploidy, and the operation of selective forces are combined with traditional fungal biology. Finally the taxonomic problems raised by fungal species are discussed, together with the processes of speciation.

Fungal Genomics, Volume 57: Advances in Genetics

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Fungal Genomics, Volume 57: Advances in Genetics

Manufacturer: Academic Press
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ASIN: 0120176572

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The sequencing of several fungi genomes has spurred major advances in the field. Fungal genomics has been having a pivotal impact on applied research in agriculture, food sciences, natural resource management, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology, as well as to basic studies in the life sciences. This volume covers exciting new developments in this growth field, from genomic analysis to human fungal pathogen genomics, comparative genomics of fungi, and the genomics of fungal development.

* Includes information on aspergillus genomes
* Discusses sex and its role in virulence of human fungal pathogens
* Covers the genomic analysis of neurospora

Molecular and Cellular Biology of Yeast Saccharomyces Vol 2: Gene Expression (Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series)

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Molecular and Cellular Biology of Yeast Saccharomyces Vol 2: Gene Expression (Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series)
James R., Ed. Broach
Manufacturer: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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ASIN: 0879693657

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Fungal Genetics
J.R.S. Fincham
Manufacturer: F.A. Davis, Philadelphia
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0000CLNFA

The Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces: Genome Dynamics, Protein Synthesis, and Energetics (Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series) (Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series)

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The Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces: Genome Dynamics, Protein Synthesis, and Energetics (Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series) (Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series)
BROACH
Manufacturer: Cole Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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The Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces: Cell Cycle and Cell Biology (Monograph 21c)

ASIN: 087969355X

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Fungal Genetics
J. R. S. Fincham and P. R. Day
Manufacturer: F A DAVIS COMPANY
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000TRJNR0

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Fungal genetics (Botanical monographs)
J. R. S Fincham
Manufacturer: F.A. Davis Co
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Fungal genetics [by] J.R.S. Fincham, and P.R. Day (Botanical monographs)

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Fungal genetics [by] J.R.S. Fincham, and P.R. Day (Botanical monographs)
J. R. S Fincham
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ASIN: B0007EE276

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Michelin Green Guide Languedoc Roussillon Tarn Gorges

Michelin the Green Guide Languedoc, Roussillon, Tarn Gorges (Michelin Green Guides)

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Why isn't all of Languedoc-Roussillon here?

Michelin the Green Guide Languedoc, Roussillon, Tarn Gorges (Michelin Green Guides)

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ASIN: 2060008727

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This title in the acclaimed Michelin Green Guide series is your indispensable guide to the cultural and natural highlights of Mediterranean southwest France: craggy, snow-capped mountain peaks; vertiginous river gorges; ruined Cathar fortesses; sumptuous Romanesque art treasures; bizarre rocky landscapes; elegant cities of red brick or white stone; fragrant garrigue interspersed with vineyards; inviting beaches...bon voyage!

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Why isn't all of Languedoc-Roussillon here?.......2005-05-18

Michelin's guides are a five-star resource for travel information, from hotels and restaurants to attractions and how to get there. This guide is no exception, containing all the practical info you'd expect from Michelin, plus maps and some color pictures. The alphabetical listing of sites makes information easy to find. As you'd expect from a guide published by a tire company, the Michelin series seems best suited to car travel. I appreciate the star ratings of cities and attractions (1 star = "interesting", 3 starts = "highly recommended"), which help you determine whether a detour is warranted, or helps you meander your way through the countryside on a day of exploring.

I'm annoyed with this guide, however, because even though the title includes the names "Languedoc" and "Roussillon", it is NOT a guide to the entire French region known as Languedoc-Roussillon. Rather, it includes parts of Languedoc-Roussillon and parts of the adjacent region of Midi-Pyrenees. I bought it in preparation for a stay in Nimes, which is in the Gard department of Languedoc-Rousillon. Inexplicably, information about the Gard is found in the Michelin "Provence" guide, even though the Gard is not in fact part of Provence. So, if you're wanting to purchase a Michelin guide for information about a particular city or region, use the "Look Inside" feature to review the Table of Contents before you buy!

Michelin the Green Guide Languedoc Roussillon Tarn Gorges (Michelin Green Guide: Languedoc, Roussillon, Tarn Gorges English Edition)

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Michelin the Green Guide Languedoc Roussillon Tarn Gorges (Michelin Green Guide: Languedoc, Roussillon, Tarn Gorges English Edition)

Manufacturer: Michelin Travel Publications
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ASIN: 1906261288

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Hi, neighbor!: Neighborly visits in the western hemisphere,
Theodosia Carpenter
Manufacturer: The King Co
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007EQF62

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Stories of neighbor nations;: Stores and pictures of the countries of the Western hemisphere
Francis Raymond Elms
Manufacturer: Whitman
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ASIN: B0007E6R6K

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THE Western Hemisphere: America's Neighbors

Manufacturer: Ginn & Company
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ASIN: 0663439353

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The Western Hemisphere: America's neighbors (Ginn social studies)
Bonnie B Armbruster
Manufacturer: Ginn
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ASIN: 0663420458

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The increasing popularity of fantasy and science fiction themes in art is visualized and celebrated in the sumptuous Spectrum series. Unique in its concept, significant in its content, breathtaking in its execution, Spectrum is designed for readers who want to satisfy their sense of wonder, and serves as an invaluable resource for art directors and illustrators. Spectrum 10 includes 300 color illustrations and features artists from Germany, England, the Netherlands, Spain, Japan, Canada, France, and the United States. The art comes from books, magazines, comics, video games, films, TV, advertising, and unpublished works from the artists' personal portfolios and gallery shows. Included are works by artists such as Peter DeSeve, Anita Kunz, John Jude Palencar, Dave McKean, and Jon Foster.

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A MUST have for any art fan.......2005-01-31

I recently purchased Spectrum 9, 10, and 11. These books are absolutely wonderful, and I would recommend them to any artist or fan of fantasy/sci fi art. They are extremely well put together, of high quality (reproduction wise), have a large number and variety of artists, and contain some of the most beautiful works of art I have seen. Some of the subject matter can be disturbing or somewhat sexual in nature (certainly nothing explicit, but not exactly innocent either), so I wouldn't recomend them for the very young (12 or under?) if you are a parent. These books are worth every penny and highly recommended.

Sweet dude.......2004-07-04

This is a wonderful book and I would recommend this to anyone interested in sci-fi/fantasy art. This book is even better than it's predessesors also. I think anyone who enjoyed the other spectrum books will enjoy this.

Drop Dead Gorgeous!.......2004-04-16

Sci-Fi and Fantasy artists have always seemed like illustration's poor step-children, often ignored (and sometimes sneered at) while the historical and Western painters wore the mantel of respectability. Thank goodness Spectrum came along to point out to the naysayers that Art is Art and that the practitioners of "fantastic" art are as gifted as anyone working today (if not better).

Spectrum 10 is chocked-full of beautiful and imaginative work by veterans and fresh faces alike. Personal favorites include the previously unpublished gallery paintings by jillion-times-Hugo-winner Michael Whelan, the Expressionist-flavored space ships by John Berkey, the monsterously proportioned toy robots by Eric Joyner, and the fantasy scenarios of Paul Bonner. There's art for films, paintings for books, sculptures (which I personally enjoy seeing), and work from comics; serious, mature pieces followed by wonderfully whacky and whimisical images. There's really something for everyone. It's fun to go through the book and compare the judges' selection of award-winners in each category with what *I* think should have won.

And thank goodness someone has finally acknowledged Michael Kaluta (#10's Grand Master Award recipient) as one of the most worthwhile illustrators working today. Kudos to the Spectrum Board!

About the only downsides are the occasional typos and several pages with cramped lay-outs, but all-in-all a must-have book for anyone with an imagination--and at a bargain price at that!

AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES (That's a GOOD thing!)........2003-10-30

I've been picking up the Spectrum collections since # 7 and I've notice an improvement both in quality and variety in the artwork presented.Within its 176 pages you'll find 300 plus reproductions. The book is divided into seven sections displaying work from advertising, book, comics, dimensional, editorial, institutional and unpublished sources.A cornucopia of styles and approaches grace SPECTRUM 10's pages. From the photo(sur)realism of Paul Bonner's watercolors portraying Orks and Minotaur to Kinuko Y. Craft's Pre-Raphaelite inspired BEAUTY AND THE BEAST to Brom's patented creepy/sexy gothic leather bound babes to Peter d Seve's delightful character studies in pencil for Disney Studios' Treasure Planet you'll find an eclectic cross section of SF/fantasy/horror illustrators working today. Jon joster (winner of the Gold Award in the comics' category) is my favorite here with his retro robots and expressive compositions.Only one thing irritates me in this book, and the only reason I gave 4 stars out of 5: these are the resin statuettes of comic book characters found in the "dimensional" section. These kitsch saturated figurines have no other purpose than to serve as "must haves" for pathological collectoholics and slightly mar this book for me. (Sorry about the soapbox spiel-guess I'm now assured of getting a good number of "I did not find this review helpful" votes.)Dispite this one caveat I highly recommend this beautiful book to anyone who appreciates fine illustration.

Spectrum 10. The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art.

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Spectrum 10. The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art.
Cathy & Arnie (eds.). [Spectrum 10] FENNER
Manufacturer: Underwood Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000PUTU1U

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