Physiological Responses of Plants to Attack (eBook)

Dale R. Walters is based in the Crop and Soil Systems Research Group at Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Edinburgh, UK, where he is Professor of Plant Pathology.

Preface xi

1 The Interaction Between a Plant and Its Attacker 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Different types of attacker 1

1.3 Symptoms exhibited by plants following attack 20

1.4 Conclusions 21

Recommended reading 21

References 22

2 Growth, Development and Yield of Infected and InfestedPlants and Crops 24

2.1 Introduction 24

2.2 Effects of pathogens on growth, development and yield 24

2.3 Effects of nematodes on growth, development and yield 29

2.4 Effects of herbivores on growth, development and yield30

2.5 Effects of parasitic plants on growth, development and yield36

2.6 Conclusions 37

Recommended reading 38

References 38

3 Photosynthesis in Attacked Plants and Crops 41

3.1 Introduction 41

3.2 Photosynthesis in diseased plants 41

3.3 Photosynthesis in plants infected with nematodes 61

3.4 Photosynthesis in plants infested with insects 65

3.5 Photosynthesis in plants infected with parasitic plants73

3.6 The caring robber? hardly! 80

3.7 Conclusions 81

Recommended reading 81

References 81

4 Respiration in Plants Interacting with Pathogens, Pests andParasitic Plants 88

4.1 Introduction 88

4.2 Effects of attack on respiration 90

4.3 Photorespiration in attacked plants 105

4.4 Conclusion 108

Recommended reading 109

References 109

5 Effects on Carbohydrate Partitioning and Metabolism114

5.1 Introduction 114

5.2 Carbohydrate partitioning and metabolism in plants infectedby pathogens 114

5.3 Carbohydrate metabolism and partitioning inplant-insect herbivore interactions 122

5.4 Carbohydrate metabolism and partitioning in interactionsbetween plants and parasitic angiosperms 124

5.5 Conclusions 125

Recommended reading 126

References 127

6 Water Relations of Plants Attacked by Pathogens, InsectHerbivores and Parasitic Plants 130

6.1 Introduction 130

6.2 Effects of pathogens on plant water relations 130

6.3 Effects of nematodes on plant water relations 139

6.4 Water relations in plants infested with insect herbivores140

6.5 Effects of parasitic angiosperms 145

6.6 Conclusions 148

Recommended reading 149

References 149

7 Mineral Nutrition in Attacked Plants 153

7.1 Introduction 153

7.2 Mineral nutrition in plant-pathogen interactions156

7.3 Mineral nutrition in plant-nematode interactions164

7.4 Mineral nutrition in plant-insect interactions 165

7.5 Mineral nutrition in interactions between plants andparasitic angiosperms 170

7.6 Conclusions 175

Recommended reading 176

References 176

8 Hormonal Changes in Plants Under Attack 181

8.1 Introduction 181

8.2 Hormonal changes in plants responding to pathogens 181

8.3 Hormonal changes in plants responding to insect attack198

8.4 Hormonal changes in plants infected with parasitic plants201

8.5 Conclusions 205

Recommended reading 207

References 207

9 Bringing It Together: Physiology and Metabolism of theAttacked Plant 215

9.1 Introduction 215

9.2 Metabolic reprogramming in plant-pathogen interactions215

9.3 Metabolic reprogramming in interactions between plant andparasitic nematodes 220

9.4 Metabolic reprogramming in plant-insect interactions221

9.5 Metabolic reprogramming in interactions between plants andparasitic angiosperms 222

9.6 Metabolic reprogramming - is the plant just abystander in compatible interactions? 222

9.7 Plant responses to attack - a look to the future222

Recommended reading 223

References 223

Index 225