Dutch Elm Disease Research: Cellular and Molecular Approaches

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Why Bother About the Elm?....Pages 1-8
Seven Dutch Women Scientists Whose Early Research Is Basic to Our Knowledge of the “Dutch Elm Disease”....Pages 9-15
The Dutch Elm Breeding Program....Pages 16-25
American Liberty Elms and Beyond: Going from the Impossible to the Difficult....Pages 26-45
Progress in the Development of Disease-Resistant Elms....Pages 46-50
An Old Problem; A New Approach....Pages 51-59
Demands and Opportunities for Selecting Disease-Resistant Elms....Pages 60-68
Cytological and Biochemical Aspects of Elm Improvement....Pages 69-74
Elm Improvement Via Biotechnological Methods....Pages 75-80
Micropropagation and Regeneration of DED-Resistant Elms Using Protoplast and Tissue Culture Techniques....Pages 81-88
Cerato-ulmin: A Unique Wilt Toxin of Instrumental Significance in the Development of Dutch Elm Disease....Pages 89-151
Amino Acid Sequence and Spectroscopic Studies of Dutch Elm Disease Toxin, Cerato-ulmin....Pages 152-170
Strategies for the Production of Disease-Resistant Elms....Pages 171-180
Development of Model Systems to Screen Elms Resistant to Dutch Elm Disease....Pages 181-187
Biological Control of Dutch Elm Disease by Exploiting Resistance in the Host....Pages 188-192
Cloning of Pathogenesis-Related Genes From Ulmus americana ....Pages 193-207
Mansonones, Elicitors and Virulence....Pages 208-215
Characterization of Isolates of Ophiostoma ulmi by Molecular Techniques....Pages 216-226
Genetic Diversity in Elms: What Molecular Data Tell Us....Pages 227-238
Mechanisms Of Resistance: Can They Help Save Susceptible Elms?....Pages 239-254
Alterations of Vessel Elements and Reactions of Surrounding Tissues in the DED Syndrome....Pages 255-292
Conventional and Molecular Genetic Approaches to the Study of Pathogenicity in Ophiostoma ulmi sensu lato ....Pages 293-307
DNA Polymorphism, Perithecial Size and Molecular Aspects of D Factors in Ophiostoma-ulmi and O. novo-ulmi ....Pages 308-321
D Factors and Their Potential for Controlling Dutch Elm Disease....Pages 322-332
Back Matter....Pages 333-344