Plant defense : warding off attack by pathogens, herbivores and parasitic plants
Plant Defense provides comprehensive coverage of the range of different organisms that plants need to fend off, describes how plants coordinate their ddefenses against multiple attacks, explains the evolution of defense in plants, and how plant defences are exploited in crop protection strategies
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex, U. K. ; Ames, Iowa :
Wiley-Blackwell ,
c2011
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| Summary: | Plant Defense provides comprehensive coverage of the range of different organisms that plants need to fend off, describes how plants coordinate their ddefenses against multiple attacks, explains the evolution of defense in plants, and how plant defences are exploited in crop protection strategies Plants are sources of nourishment for thousands of fungi, bacteria, invertebrates, and other plants.Plants process a truly remarkable diversity of mechanisms to fend off attackers and recent research has shown just how complex and sopisticated these defense mechanisms can be |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 236 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1405175893 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781405175890 (pbk. : alk. paper) |