Genetics and Breeding for Crop Quality and Resistance: Proceedings of the XV EUCARPIA Congress, Viterbo, Italy, September 20–25, 1998

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Avirulence and pathogenicity genes of Cladosporium fulvum ....Pages 3-14
Pathogenesis-related proteins for the control of fungal diseases of tomato....Pages 15-24
Introgression of late blight resistance into Solanum tuberosum ....Pages 25-32
Crown rust resistance in ryegrasses....Pages 33-42
Results of resistance evaluations in Brassicaceae with Plasmodiophora brassicae, Alternaria and Phoma lingam ....Pages 43-50
Breeding research on resistance to Fusarium head blight in wheay....Pages 51-59
Genetics of durabel adult plant resistance to rust diseases in wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.)....Pages 61-66
Assessment and genetics of host plant resistance to yellow rust in bread wheat germplasm adapted to the East African highlands....Pages 67-76
The role of b-32 protein in protecting plants against pathogens....Pages 77-82
Breeding for fungal resistance in Musa ....Pages 83-92
Mapping different resistances against downy mildew in sunflower....Pages 93-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Resistance to bacteria in tomato....Pages 103-110
Phytopathogen resistance improvement of horticultural crops by plant-defensin gene introduction....Pages 111-118
Plant-bacterial pathogen interaction modified in transgenic tomato plants expressing the Gox gene encoding glucose oxidase....Pages 119-125
Nitric oxide signalling in the plant hypersensitive disease resistance response....Pages 127-133
Polymorphism of inhibitors of hydrolytic enzymes present in cereal and sunflower seeds....Pages 135-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Cereal α-amylase/trypsin inhibitors and transgenic insect resistance....Pages 147-158
New genes for pest control....Pages 159-163
Expression of thaumatin II gene in horticultural crops....Pages 165-172
Variability of the inhibitors of serine, cysteine proteinases and insect α-amylases in Vigna and Phaseolus ....Pages 173-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Molecular isolation of two cyst nematode resistance genes: the Hs1P ro-1 gene of beet and the GPA2 gene of potato....Pages 185-193
Development and molecular characterisation of nematode-resistant rapeseed ( Brassica napus L.)....Pages 195-202
Integration of nematode-responsive regulatory sequences from Arabidopsis thaliana into nematode control strategies....Pages 203-210
Genome engineering for pest resistance in potato....Pages 211-219
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
An appraisal of pathogen-derived resistance for the control of virus diseases....Pages 223-232
Breeding for virus resistance in barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.)....Pages 233-240
Inheritance of resistance to SCMV and MDMV in european maize....Pages 241-250
Strategies to search for new Citrus Tristeza Virus resistant genotypes in a germplasm bank....Pages 251-256
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Genetic manipulation of lipoxygenases for the agrifood industry....Pages 259-269
Molecular marker and genetic engineering strategies to improve wood quality in poplar....Pages 271-282
Advanced backcross QTL analysis: a method for the systematic use of exotic germplasm in the improvement of crop quality....Pages 283-290
QTLs for organoleptic quality in fresh market tomato....Pages 291-299
Genetic engineering of parthenocarpic vegetable crops....Pages 301-306
Control of melon ripening by genetic engineering....Pages 307-312
Breeding of vegetables with minimum pollutant accumulation....Pages 313-322
Genetic modification of erucic acid biosynthesis in Brassica napus ....Pages 323-330
Variability of seed storage proteins within the sunflower gene pool....Pages 331-338
Sunflower breeding for different oil quality....Pages 339-346
Gluten agglomeration in batters as quality characteristic of wheat varieties for wafer making and starch production....Pages 347-355
QTL for quality parameters for bread-making in a segregating wheat by spelt population....Pages 357-360
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Detection of QTL for bread-making quality in wheat using molecular markers....Pages 361-366
Indirect selection for total digestible dry matter yield in forage maize, using stem diameter....Pages 367-374
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
Agricultural production and natural resources....Pages 377-396
Where do we go from this point....Pages 397-417