Return to Agronomy CatalogueBiochemical aspects of plant disease resistance--Part I: Preformed inhibitory substances "Prohibitins". Corrected reissue. 1990, xiv, 400 p., 47 tables, 219 structural formulae, 1000 references, $26. (Part II of this title entitled Biochemical aspects of plant disease resistance : post infectional defense mechanisms is available for
"The main aim of this treatise is to survey the whole field of "Disease resistance" and provide a foundation for further research. The progress in disease resistance has been fascinatingly impressive in the last decade but at the expense of several authentic gaps in our understanding. The author has spared no pains to consult each and every paper on disease resistance and he has attempted to integrate the factual data within a conceptual frame work. Most of the data has been presented in tabular form. The nomenclature of fungi and bacteria is based on G.C. Ainsworth and J.R. Bisby 'A dictionary of fungi'." (jacket)
(A Mahadevan is on the faculty of the Centre for Advanced Study in Botany, University of Madras.)No. 5829