Pests and diseases pose a threat to food security, which is nowadays aggravated by climate
change and globalization. In this context, agricultural policies demand innovative …

Peroxisomes are subcellular respiratory organelles which contain catalase and H 2 O 2-
producing flavin oxidases as basic enzymatic constituents. These organelles have an …

84 BOWLER ET AL organism's defense mechanism and have consequently been the
subject of much research. In plants, the role of SOD during environmental adversity, has …

Oxidative responses of plants to pathogens and other environmental stresses have received
considerable recent attention. We propose that an oxidative response also occurs following …

The object of this book is to bring together useful information from many sources on
successful control measures for the principal plant parasitic nematode species. The opening …

Recent evidence points to significant oxygen radical production by some plant tissues in
response to pathogenic challenge. These findings have proved quite controversial, in part …

The chemical properties of superoxide ion, its biological role, and the role of other oxygen
radicals which arise as a result of its transformations are contained in this text. In Volume I …

Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst) secretes an array of specific effector proteins to
manipulate host immunity and promote pathogen colonization. In a previous study, we …

Here, the interaction of Melodoigyne incognita virulent and avirulent pathotypes with
susceptible and Mi‐resistant tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) has been studied. Significant …

Superoxide dismutases (SODs) are metalloproteins that catalyse the dismutation of
superoxide radicals to oxygen and hydrogen peroxide. The enzyme has been found in all …