This book brings together the knowledge from and tools for genetic
and genomic research into oomycetes to help solve the problems this
pathogen poses to crops and animals. Armed with the information
presented here, researchers can use oomycete data to solve
practical problems and gain insight into future areas of
interest.
Key Features:
* Offers an up-to-date coverage of research into oomycetes
– which has advanced with biochemical and molecular analyses
in recent years
* Helps researchers use oomycete data to solve practical
problems, like damage to crop and animal resources
* Includes a section on interactions with animal hosts
* Offers perspective on future areas of research
* Assembles an international author base
Table of Content
FOREWORD.
PREFACE.
CONTRIBUTORS.
Chapter 1 The Evolutionary Phylogeny of Oomycetes–Insights
Gained from Studies of Holocarpic Parasites of Algae and
Invertebrates (Gordon W. Beakes and Satoshi Sekimoto).
Chapter 2 Ecology of Lower Oomycetes (Martina Strittmatter,
Claire M.M. Gachon, and Frithjof C. Kupper).
Chapter 3 Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Downy Mildews
(Peronosporaceae) (Marco Thines, Hermann Voglmayr, and Markus
Goker).
Chapter 4 An Introduction to the White Blister Rusts
(Albuginales) (Marco Thines and Hermann Voglmayr).
Chapter 5 The Asexual Life Cycle (Adrienne R.
Hardham).
Chapter 6 Sexual Reproduction in Oomycetes: Biology, Diversity,
and Contributions to Fitness (Howard S. Judelson).
Chapter 7 Population Genetics and Population Diversity of
Phytophthora infestans (William E. Fry, Niklaus J.
Gru¨nwald, David E.L. Cooke, Adele Mc Leod, Gregory A. Forbes,
and Keqiang Cao).
Chapter 8 Phytophthora capsici: Sex, Selection, and the Wealth
of Variation (Kurt Lamour).
Chapter 9 Evolution and Genetics of the Invasive Sudden Oak
Death Pathogen Phytophthora ramorum (Niklaus J. Grünwald
and Erica M. Goss).
Chapter 10 Phytophthora sojae: Diversity Among and Within
Populations (Anne Dorrance and Niklaus J. Grunwald).
Chapter 11 Pythium Genetics (Frank Martin).
Chapter 12 Bremia lactucae and Lettuce Downy Mildew (Richard
Michelmore, Oswaldo Ochoa, and Joan Wong).
Chapter 13 Downy Mildew of Arabidopsis Caused by
Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis (Formerly Hyaloperonospora
parasitica) (Nikolaus L. Schlaich and Alan Slusarenko).
Chapter 14 Interactions Between Phytophthora infestans and
Solanum (Mireille van Damme, Sebastian Schornack, Liliana M.
Cano, Edgar Huitema, and Sophien Kamoun).
Chapter 15 Phytophthora sojae and Soybean (Mark Gijzen and
Dinah Qutob).
Chapter 16 Phytophthora brassicae As a Pathogen of Arabidopsis
(Felix Mauch, Samuel Torche, Klaus Schläppi, Lorelise
Branciard, Khaoula Belhaj, Vincent Parisy, and Azeddine
Si-Ammour).
Chapter 17 Aphanomyces euteiches and Legumes (Elodie Gaulin,
Arnaud Bottin, Christophe Jacquet, and Bernard Dumas).
Chapter 18 Effectors (Brett M. Tyler).
Chapter 19 Pythium insidiosum and Mammalian Hosts (Leonel
Mendoza).
Chapter 20 Saprolegnia–Fish Interactions (Emma J.
Robertson, Victoria L. Anderson, Andrew J. Phillips, Chris J.
Secombes, Javier Diéguez-Uribeondo, and Pieter van
West).
Chapter 21 Aphanomyces astaci and Crustaceans (Lage Cerenius,
M. Gunnar Andersson, and Kenneth Söderhall).
Chapter 22 Progress and Challenges in Oomycete Transformation
(Howard S. Judelson and Audrey M.V. Ah-Fong).
Chapter 23 In Planta Expression Systems (Vivianne G.A.A.
Vleeshouwers and Hendrik Rietman).
Chapter 24 Gene Expression Profiling (Paul R.J. Birch and
Anna O. Avrova).
Chapter 25 Mechanisms and Application of Gene Silencing in
Oomycetes (Stephen C. Whisson, Anna O. Avrova, Laura J.
Grenville Briggs, and Pieter van West).
Chapter 26 Global Proteomics and Phytophthora (Alon
Savidor).
Chapter 27 Strategy and tactics for genome sequencing
(Michael C. Zody and Chad Nusbaum).
INDEX.
About the author
Kurt Lamour is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Entomology and Plant Pathology at the University of Tennessee. He
is Associate Editor of the journal Phytopathology and author of
over twenty peer-reviewed publications.
Sophien Kamoun is a Senior Scientist at The Sainsbury
Laboratory, Norwich, United Kingdom. He is a Monitoring Editor of
Plant Physiology, Editor in Chief of IS-MPMI Reporter, and author
of over ninety peer-reviewed publications.