The Downy Mildews - Genetics, Molecular Biology and Control

1. Foreword
Aleš Lebeda, Peter T. N. Spencer-Phillips, B. M. Cooke

2. Progress and challenges in systematics of downy mildews and white blister rusts: new insights from genes and morphology
Hermann Voglmayr

3. Classical and molecular genetics of Bremia lactucae, cause of lettuce downy mildew
Richard Michelmore, Joan Wong

4. Species hybrids in the genus Phytophthora with emphasis on the alder pathogen Phytophthora alni: a review
Tibor Érsek, Zoltán Á. Nagy

5. Proteomic analysis of a compatible interaction between Pisum sativum (pea) and the downy mildew pathogen Peronospora viciae

R. C. Amey, T. Schleicher, J. Slinn, M. Lewis, H. Macdonald, S. J. Neill, P. T. N. Spencer-Phillips

6. Tapping into molecular conversation between oomycete plant pathogens and their hosts
Mahmut Tör

7. Diversity of defence mechanisms in plant–oomycete interactions: a case study of Lactuca spp. and Bremia lactucae

Aleš Lebeda, Michaela Sedlářová, Marek Petřivalský, Jitka Prokopová

8. Natural history of Arabidopsis thaliana and oomycete symbioses
Eric B. Holub

9. Comparative epidemiology of zoosporic plant pathogens
Mike J. Jeger, Marco Pautasso

10. Structure and variation in the wild-plant pathosystem: Lactuca serriola–Bremia lactucae

Aleš Lebeda, Irena Petrželová, Zbyněk Maryška

11. Development of detection systems for the sporangia of Peronospora destructor

Roy Kennedy, Alison J. Wakeham

12. Fungicide modes of action and resistance in downy mildews
Ulrich Gisi, Helge Sierotzki

13. Activity of carboxylic acid amide (CAA) fungicides against Bremia lactucae

Yigal Cohen, Avia (Evgenia) Rubin, Dror Gotlieb

14. Beta-aminobutyric acid-induced resistance in grapevine against downy mildew: involvement of pterostilbene
Ana R. Slaughter, Mollah Md. Hamiduzzaman, Katia Gindro, Jean-Marc Neuhaus, Brigitte Mauch-Mani

15. Effects of garlic (Allium sativum) juice containing allicin on Phytophthora infestans and downy mildew of cucumber caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis

Daniela Portz, Eckhard Koch, Alan J. Slusarenko

Keywords: Life Sciences, Plant Pathology, Fungus Genetics, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Plant Physiology