Introduction to disease resistance

Dr. John Dempsey (@JJDempsey on Twitter), independent turfgrass researcher in Ireland, shared his presentation for the Czech Greenkeepers on "Turfgrass defenses..... Resistance is not futile." This slide share presents the key components of plant defenses to abiotic and biotic factors. There is a lot of information in the slides so don't expect to just flip through the slides rapidly. But, this slideshare can act as reference for the various defensive mechanisms that plants have to resist pathogens and how plants…