Advances in Agronomy
Advances in Agronomy

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Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 1993-10-14

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0080563635

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Volume 50 highlights current areas of interest to both researchers and students of agronomy internationally. Areas covered include a thorough treatment of redox chemistry in soils, advances in agronomic improvement in oilseed brassicas, population groupings of soybean bradyrhizobia, crop responses to chloride, and plant nutrient sulfur in the tropics and subtropics. - Advances in agronomic improvement in oilseed brassicas - A comprehensive overview of population groupings of soybean bradyrhizobia - Details on crop responses to chloride - A thorough treatment of redox chemistry in soils - Plant nutrient sulfur in the tropics and subtropics

Agricultural Applications
Agricultural Applications

Author: F. Kempken

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-09

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 3662030594

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In this volume the relevance of fungi for agriculture is discussed in four sections. The first one 'Food and Fodder Production' concerns the application and potential of mushrooms, straw enrichment, and food or crop spoilage. The next section 'Mycotoxins and Detoxification' deals with the biosynthesis of mycotoxins and the use of fungi in organopollutant degradation. A large section entitled 'Disease Control, Diagnostic, and Management' covers various aspects of biological control (fungi, insects, and weeds), diagnostics with emphasis on the example of Magnaporthe grisea, and disease management with focus on the important fungal pathogens Phoma, Fusarium, rusts and powdery mildew. The last section 'Update on Host-Parasite Interactions' discusses signal transduction, avirulence determinants, phytotoxins, cell wall degradation, and the coevolution of pathogenic fungi and grass hosts.

Sustainable strategies for managing Brassica napus (oilseed rape) resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker)
Sustainable strategies for managing Brassica napus (oilseed rape) resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker)

Author: B.D.L. Fitt

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-01-24

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781402045240

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Control of phoma stem canker in oil rapeseed crops typically depends on cultivars resistant to L. Maculans, the virus that causes it. Recently, virus populations have overcome resistance, causing serious canker outbreaks in Australia and Europe. There is an urgent need to find sources of resistance to L. maculans. This book synthesizes studies in management of resistance genes control L. maculans, and will stimulate further research on this important model system.