Citation:

JA Browning. 1980. Genetic protective mechanisms of plant-pathogen populations: their coevolution and use in breeding for resistance. Pages 52-75. In: Biology and Breeding for Resistance to Arthropods and Pathogens in Agricultural Plants. MK Harris (editor). The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, Texas and University of California, Agency for International Development, Pest Management Project, Berkeley CA USA, 605 pages.

Keywords: Plant breeding, host plant resistance, indigenous ecosystems, tolerance, genetic resistance, plant diseases, resistance concepts, terms, definitions, coevolution of host-pathogen genetic systems, incompatibility-compatibility system, susceptible, epidemiology, wild oats, barley, emmer, einkorn, wheat rust Puccinia hordei, Erysiphe graminis, Ustilage avenae, smut, P coronata