Fusarium : epidemiology, environmental sources and prevention / editors: Tony Ferarri Rios and Emilia Reyes Ortega.

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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.

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