Growth and yield of pea crops are severely affected by various fungal diseases, including root rot, Ascochyta blight, powdery mildew, rust, in different parts the world. Conventional breeding methods have led to enhancement host plant resistance against these diseases adapted cultivars, which is primary option minimize losses. To support programs for marker-assisted selection, several successfu...

Most veterinarians continue to recommend anthelmintic (dewormer) treatment programs for horses that are based on knowledge and concepts that are more than 40 years old. However, recent studies demonstrate that resistance and multiple-drug resistance in equine parasites is extremely common, but few horse owners or veterinarians take this into account when making treatment decisions. Parasites ar...

Host-plant resistance is an efficient, economical and environmentally benign approach used to manage many pests and diseases of agricultural crops. After nearly a century of research, the resources and tools have become more refined, but the basic tasks in breeding for resistance have not changed. Resistance must be identified, incorporated into elite germplasm, and deployed in a form useful to...

Recent studies in bacterial pathogenesis reveal common and contrasting mechanisms of pathogen virulence and host resistance in plant and animal diseases. This review presents recent developments in the study of plant and animal pathogenesis, with respect to bacterial colonization and the delivery of effector proteins to the host. Furthermore, host defense responses in both plants and animals ar...