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Maize Disease Resistance

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Handbook of Maize: Its Biology

Abstract

This chapter presents a selective view of maize disease resistance to fungal diseases, highlighting some aspects of the subject that are currently of significant interest or that we feel have been under-investigated. These include:

  • The significant historical contributions to disease resistance genetics resulting from research in maize.

  • The current state of knowledge of the genetics of resistance to significant diseases in maize.

  • Systemic acquired resistance and induced systemic resistance in maize.

  • The prospects for the future, particularly for transgenically-derived disease resistance and for the elucidation of quantitative disease resistance.

  • The suitability of maize as a system for disease resistance studies.

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Balint-Kurti, P.J., Johal, G.S. (2009). Maize Disease Resistance. In: Bennetzen, J.L., Hake, S.C. (eds) Handbook of Maize: Its Biology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79418-1_12

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