Molecular plant-microbe interactions / / edited by Kamal Bouarab, Normand Brisson and Fouad Daayf

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910446326803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, MA, : CABI North American Office, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-38751-0; 9786612387517; 1-84593-575-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BouarabKamal; BrissonNormand <1955->; DaayfFouad
• Disciplina: 632/.3
• Soggetti: Plants - Disease and pest resistance; Plant-microbe relationships; Fungal diseases of plants; Virus diseases of plants
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Plant RNA-silencing Immunity and Viral Counter-defence Strategies; 2 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Cascades in Plant Defence Responses; 3 Molecular Mechanisms of the Radical Burst in Plant Immunity; 4 Disease Resistance in Arabidopsis, Starring TGA2 and also Featuring NPR1; 5 Disease Resistance Genes: Form and Function; 6 Transcription Factor Families Involved in Plant Defence: from Discovery to Structure; 7 Cross Talk Between Induced Plant Immune Systems; 8 The Needle and the Damage Done: Type III Effectors and the Plant Immune Response; 9 Virulence Determinants and the Global Regulation of Virulence in Xanthomonas campestris10 Suppression of Induced Plant Defence Responses by Fungal and Oomycete Pathogens; 11 Sustainable Agriculture and the Multigenomic Model: How Advances in the Genetics of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi will Change Soil Management Practices; 12 Microbial Traits Associated with Actinobacteria Interacting with Plants; 13 Insight into Fusarium-Cereal Pathogenesis; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: There have been major developments in the field of plant-microbe interactions. This book explores these discoveries, focusing on the mechanisms controlling plant disease resistance, the cross-talk among the pathways involved and the strategies used by the pathogens to suppress these defences.

Mounting optics in optical instruments / / Paul R. Yoder, Jr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911004808903321
• Autore: Yoder Paul R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bellingham, Wash. : , : SPIE, , 2008
• ISBN: 1-5231-3208-6; 1-68015-103-7; 0-8194-8121-1
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (771 p.)
• Collana: SPIE Press monograph ; ; PM181
• Disciplina: 681/.4
• Soggetti: Optical instruments - Design and construction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction -- Applications of Optical Components -- Key Environmental Considerations -- Extreme Service Environments -- Environmental Testing -- Key Material Properties -- Dimensional Instability -- Tolerancing Optical and Mechanical Components -- Cost Aspects of Tightened Tolerances on Optics -- Manufacturing Optical and Mechanical Components.; 2. The Optic-to-Mount Interface -- Mechanical Constraints -- Consequences of Mounting Forces -- Sealing Considerations.; 3. Mounting Individual Lenses -- Preload Requirements -- Weight and Center of Gravity Calculations -- Spring Mountings for Lenses and Filters -- Burnished Cell Mountings -- Snap and "Interference Fit" Rings -- Retaining Ring Constraints -- Constraining the Lens with Multiple Spring Clips -- Geometry of the Lens-to-Mount Interface -- Elastomeric Mountings -- Flexure Mountings for Lenses -- Mounting Plastic Lenses.; 4. Multiple-Component Lens Assemblies -- Spacer Design and ; Manufacture -- Drop-In Assembly -- Lathe Assembly -- Elastomeric Mountings -- Poker-Chip Assembly -- Assemblies Designed for High-Shock Environments -- Photographic Objective Lenses -- Modular Construction and Assembly -- Catoptric and Catadioptric Assemblies -- Assemblies with Plastic Housings and Lenses -- Internal Mechanisms -- Sealing and Purging Lens Assemblies.; 5. Mounting Optical Windows, Filters, Shells, and Domes -- Simple Window Mountings -- Mounting "Special" Windows -- Conformal Windows -- Windows Subject to Pressure Differential -- Filter Mountings -- Mounting Shells and Domes.; 6. Prism Design -- Principal functions -- Geometric Considerations -- Aberration Contributions of Prisms -- Typical Prism Configurations.; 7. Techniques for Mounting Prisms -- Kinematic Mountings -- Semikinematic Mountings -- The Use of Pads on Cantilevered and Straddling Springs -- Mechanically Clamped Nonkinematic Mountings -- Bonded Prism Mountings -- Flexure Mountings for Prisms.; 8. Mirror Design -- General Considerations -- Image Orientation -- First- and Second-Surface Mirrors -- Ghost Image Formation with Second-Surface Mirrors -- Approximation of Mirror Aperture -- Weight Reduction Techniques -- Thin Facesheet Configurations -- Metallic Mirrors -- Metallic Foam Core Mirrors -- Pellicles.; 9. Techniques for Mounting Smaller Nonmetallic Mirrors -- Mechanically Clamped Mirror Mountings -- Bonded Mirror Mountings -- Compound Mirror Mountings -- Flexure Mountings for Smaller Mirrors -- Central and Zonal Mountings -- Gravitational Effects on Smaller Mirrors.; 10. Techniques for Mounting Metallic Mirrors -- Single Point Diamond Turning of Metallic Mirrors -- Integral Mounting Provisions -- Flexure Mountings for Metallic Mirrors -- Plating of Metal Mirrors -- Interfacing Metallic Mirrors for Assembly and Alignment.; 11. Techniques for Mounting Larger Nonmetallic Mirrors -- Mounts for Axis Horizontal Applications -- Mounts for Axis Vertical Applications -- Mounts for Axis Variable Applications -- Supports for Large, Space-Borne Mirrors.; 12. Aligning Refracting, Reflecting and Catadioptric Systems -- Aligning the Individual Lens -- Aligning Multiple Lens Assemblies -- Aligning Reflecting Systems.; 13. Estimation of Mounting Stresses -- General Considerations -- Statistical Prediction of Optic Failure -- Rule-of-Thumb Stress Tolerances -- Stress Generation at Point, Line, and Area Contacts -- Peak Contact Stress in an Annular Interface -- Bending Effects in Asymmetrically Clamped Optics.; 14. Effects of Temperature Changes -- Athermalization Techniques for Reflective Systems -- Athermalization Techniques for Refractive Systems -- Effects of Temperature Change on Axial Preload -- Radial Effects in Rim Contact Optics -- Effects of Temperature Gradients -- Thermally Induced Stresses in Bonded Optics.; 15. Hardware Examples -- Infrared Sensor Lens Assembly -- A Family of Commercial Mid-Infrared Lenses -- Using SPDT to Mount and Align Poker Chip Subassemblies -- A Dual Field IR Tracker Assembly -- A Dual Field IR Camera Lens Assembly -- A Passively Stabilized 10:1 Zoom Lens Objective -- A 90 mm, f/2 Projection Lens Assembly -- A Solid Catadioptric Lens Assembly -- An All Aluminum Catadioptric Lens Assembly -- A Catadioptric Star Mapping Objective Assembly -- A 150 in., f/10 Catadioptric Camera Objective -- The Camera Assembly for the DEIMOS Spectrograph -- Mountings for Prisms in a Military Articulated Telescope -- A Modular Porro Prism Erecting System for a Binocular -- Mounting Large Dispersing Prisms in a Spectrograph Imager -- Mounting Gratings for the FUSE Spectrograph -- The Spitzer ; Space Telescope -- A Modular Dual Collimator Assembly -- Lens Mountings for the JWST's NIR Cam -- A Double-Arch Mirror Featuring Silicon-Foam-Core-Technology.; [Appendices] -- Unit Conversion Factors -- Mechanical Properties of Materials -- Torque-Preload Relationship for a Threaded Retaining Ring -- Summary of Methods for Testing Optical Components and Optical Instruments Under Adverse Environmental Conditions.
• Sommario/riassunto: Entirely updated to cover the latest technology, this second edition gives optical designers and optomechanical engineers a thorough understanding of the principal ways in which optical components--lenses, windows, filters, shells, domes, prisms, and mirrors of all sizes--are mounted in optical instruments.