Natural Resistance Mechanisms of Plants to Viruses

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Loebenstein, Gad (Editor), Carr, John Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant pathology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Pathology.

Over the course of evolution most plants have acquired the ability to defend themselves against most groups of pathogens, including the viruses. Many antiviral resistance phenomena have been known and studied for decades but, until recently, understanding of their underlying mechanisms has lagged be...