Genomics of Plant-Associated Fungi: Monocot Pathogens

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dean, Ralph A. (Editor), Lichens-Park, Ann (Editor), Kole, Chittaranjan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Plant pathology.; Plant breeding.; Mycology.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.; Plant Pathology.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.

This book describes how genomics has revolutionized our understanding of agriculturally important plant-associated fungi. It illustrates some fundamental discoveries about these eukaryotic microbes with regard to the overall structure of their genomes, their lifestyles and the molecular mechanisms t...

Table of Contents:

• Pyrenophora tritici-repentis: a Plant Pathogenic Fungus with Global Impact
• Comparative genomics of cochliobolus phytopathogens
• The genomics of colletotrichum
• Fusarium graminearum Genomics and Beyond
• The genomes of Mycosphaerella graminicola and M. fijiensis
• Facilitating the fungus: insights from the genome of the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae
• The genomes of the cereal powdery mildew fungi, Blumeria graminis
• Puccinia graminis.