Role of fungal avirulent pathogens in the defence response of strawberry

DIAZ RICCI, JUAN CARLOS; GRELLET BOURNONVILLE, CARLOS; CHALFOUN, NADIA; TONELLO, URSULA ; MARTOS, GUSTAVO GABRIEL; HAEL CONRAD, VERÓNICA; PERATO, MARISA; MARTÍNEZ ZAMORA, GUSTAVO

Strawberry Growth, Development and Diseases

CABI

Lugar: Boston MA; Año: 2016; p. 53 - 70

Strawberry is a delicious fruit with a special economic position in the fruit industrybecause of its post-harvest processing and antioxidant functional value. There are alarge number of cultivars grown worldwide, encompassing major regions distributedacross all six continents. Despite its importance, I have come across only a few booksdedicated exclusively to the subject of the strawberry. This book provides a broad,well-structured review of strawberries and their cultivation under current environmentalconditions.Methods of strawberry cultivation have undergone many improvements, and this bookcovers aspects from plant propagation, architecture, genetic resources, breeding, abioticstresses and climate change to evolving diseases and their control. The book is aimed atthose involved in strawberry research and development, and also to those who are interestedin cultivation of strawberry for commercial gain.The first chapter gives a general introduction to strawberry with some important statistics.It is followed by Section 1 on Genetics, Breeding and Omics, which contains fivechapters. Chapters 2 and 3 discuss modern aspects related to available genetic resourcesand breeding for yield, quality and disease traits. The scope of metabolomics is discussedwith special reference to white strawberry in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 is an interesting studyon the transcriptomic profile of some key genes in relation to systemic acquired resistance,while Chapter 6 discusses different aspects of genetic transformation in strawberry. Section 2on Cultivation Systems and Propagation contains three chapters. These chapters discussat length the plant growth, flowering, root growth and architecture, replant problems andplant propagation techniques. Section 3 on Disease and Stress Management contains sixchapters dealing with biotic and abiotic stresses of strawberry. The first four chapters discusstraditional and emerging fungal diseases, their diagnosis and modern biointensivemanagement strategies. Chapters 14 and 15 deal with the emerging challenges posed due toclimate change and its impact on the changing magnitude and dimensions of abiotic stresseson strawberry.This book is different on many accounts from the available compilations. It is up todate, containing the latest information available on the subject and is quite comprehensive.Each chapter is on a specialized theme, contributed by leading researchers acrossthe globe. Figures and tables are included to make the subject comprehensible andinformative.The book also provides an insight into the different aspects of emergingchallenges.