Fusarium : Epidemiology, Environmental Sources and Prevention.

Intro -- FUSARIUM -- FUSARIUM -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- NATURAL PRODUCTS FROM FUSARIUM -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Fusarium, the Genus, Habitats and Distribution -- 2. NATURAL PRODUCTS FROM FUNGI -- 3. PRIMARY METABOLITES FROM FUSARIUM -- 3.1. Proteins from Fusarium -- 3.2. Enzymes from Fusarium -- 4. SECONDARY METABOLITES FROM FUSARIUM -- 5. SYNTHESIS OF FUSARIUM METABOLITES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- FUSARIUM: EPIDEMIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES AND PREVENTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCE -- FUSARIUM TOXINS -- PREVENTION AND CONTROL BY FUSARIUM CONTAMINATION -- CHEMICAL CONTROL -- BIOCONTROL -- RESISTANT CULTIVARS -- CULTURAL CONTROL -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- FUSARIUM WILT IN CHICKPEA: GENERAL ASPECT AND MOLECULAR BREEDING -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PATHOGENIC RACES: GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND SYMPTOMATOLOGY -- 3. INHERITANCE OF WILT RESISTANCE -- 4. DIFFERENTIAL SETS FOR RACE IDENTIFICATION -- 5. SOURCES OF RESISTANCE (GERMPLASM COLECTIONS) AND BREEDING -- 6. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF FUSARIUM WILT -- 7. LOCATION OF RESISTANCE GENES ON THE CHICKPEA GENETIC MAP -- 8. FUTURE PROSPECT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- VASCULAR WILT OF TOMATO CAUSED BY FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FUSARIUM SPECIES -- HOST PLANTS -- FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI -- FUSARIUM WILT DISEASE OF TOMATO -- THE FUSARIUM COLONISATION CYCLE -- SYMPTOMOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY -- PLANT DEFENCE AGAINST FUSARIUM SPECIES -- FUSARIUM VIRULENCE FACTORS -- TOMATO-FUSARIUM ARMS RACES -- QUANTITATIVE MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS -- ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ETIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF ASPARAGUS CROWN AND ROOT ROT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Symptomatology -- ETIOLOGY -- The Causal Agents.

Distribution and Host Range -- Pathogenicity -- Inoculum Survival and Conditions that Favour Infections -- Genetic Diversity -- MANAGEMENT OF FCRR -- Resistant Cultivars -- Chemical Control -- Cultural Practices Using Soil Amendments -- Biological and Integrated Control -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- LECTINS: IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR BIOCONTROL OF FUSARIUM SPECIES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Lectins: Definition and Applications -- 1.2. Fusarium Species and Environmental Effects -- 2. SYNTHETIC ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS FOR FUSARIUM CONTROL -- 2.1. Why Look for Alternatives to Synthetic Antifungal Agents? -- 3. NATURAL ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS -- 3.1. Plant-derived Compounds with Antifungal Activity against Fusarium -- 4. ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF PLANT LECTINS ON FUSARIUM -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ANTIFUNGAL PROTEINS FOR CONTROL OF FUSARIUM SPECIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Chitin Binding Proteins -- Chitinases -- Cyclophilin-like Proteins -- Defensins -- Embryo-abundant Protein-like Proteins -- Glucanases -- Lectins -- Lipid Transfer Proteins -- Osmotins -- Peroxidases -- Proteases -- Ribonucleases -- Storage 2S Albumins -- Thaumatin-like Proteins -- Other Antifungal Proteins -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- RELEVANCE OF GENOMICS-BASED STUDIES ON MANAGEMENT OF DISEASES CAUSED BY FUSARIUM SPECIES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PATHOGEN IDENTIFICATION -- 2.1. Application of Molecular Marker Technology -- 2.2. DNA Microarrays -- 3. GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS -- 3.1. Expressed Sequence Tags -- 3.2. DNA Microarrays -- 4. GENOME DATABASES AND RESOURCES -- 5. TARGETED GENE DISRUPTION AND INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT AND DON CONTAMINATION MANAGEMENT IN SOFT AND DURUM WHEAT CULTIVATION* -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. OCCURRENCE AND ECONOMIC IMPACT.

2.1. Occurrence -- 2.2. Economic Impact -- 3. ECOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT IN WHEAT AND SYNTHESIS OF DEOXYNIVALENOL -- 3.1. Inoculum Sources and Inoculum Structures -- 3.2. Inoculum Production, Dispersal and Deposition -- 3.3. Germination, Head Infection, Growth -- 3.4. Deoxynivalenol Biosynthesis and its Role in the Pathogenesis -- 4. CROP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO REDUCE THE OCCURRENCE OF FHB AND DON CONTAMINATION IN WHEAT -- 4.1. Crop Residue and Proceeding Crops -- 4.2. Cultivar Susceptibility -- 4.3. Fungicide Application -- 4.4. Effect of other Agricultural Practices -- 4.5. Effect of Crop Management Systems -- 5. PREDICTIVE MODELS OF FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT AND DEOXYNIVALENOL CONTAMINATION IN WHEAT -- 5.1. Argentina -- 5.2. Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay -- 5.3. Belgium -- 5.4. Canada -- 5.5. The Czech Republic -- 5.6. Italy -- 5.7. Switzerland -- 5.8. The United States -- 6. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE OUTLOOK ON THE PREVENTION OF FHB AND DON CONTAMINATION IN WHEAT -- REFERENCES -- ANTAGONISTIC EFFECT OF MICROBIALLY-TREATED MIXTURE OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL WASTES AND INORGANIC INSOLUBLE PHOSPHATE TO FUSARIUM WILT DISEASE* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Fermentation Stage -- Soil-Plant Experiment -- Analyses -- In vitro Agar Plate Bioassays -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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