The Downy Mildews - Genetics, Molecular Biology and Control

Foreword.- Progress and challenges in systematics of downy mildews and white blister rusts: new insights from genes and morphology.- Classical and molecular genetics of Bremia lactucae, cause of lettuce downy mildew.- Species hybrids in the genus Phytophthora with emphasis on the alder pathogen Phytophthora alni: a review.- Proteomic analysis of a compatible interaction between Pisum sativum (pea) and the downy mildew pathogen Peronospora viciae.- Tapping into molecular conversation between oomycete plant pathogens and their hosts.- Diversity of defence mechanisms in plant-oomycete interactions: a case study of Lactuca spp. and Bremia lactucae.- Natural history of Arabidopsis thaliana and oomycete symbioses.- Comparative epidemiology of zoosporic plant pathogens.- Structure and variation in the wild-plant pathosystem: Lactuca serriola-Bremia lactucae.- Development of detection systems for the sporangia of Peronospora destructor.- Fungicide modes of action and resistance in downy mildews.- Activity of carboxylic acid amide (CAA) fungicides against Bremia lactucae.- Beta-aminobutyric acid-induced resistance in grapevine against downy mildew: involvement of pterostilbene.- Effects of garlic (Allium sativum) juice containing allicin on Phytophthora infestans and downy mildew of cucumber caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis.