Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol. 2: Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., July 1992

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Research on Plant-Microbe Interactions: Making it Relevant....Pages 3-14
Cell-cell Interactions during Pollination in Brassica....Pages 15-21
Overcoming Pest and Pathogen Adaptability Using Insights from Evolutionary Biology....Pages 23-33
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
The Virulence System of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens ....Pages 37-49
Molecular and Chemical Analysis of Signal Perception by Agrobacterium....Pages 51-61
 A. Tumefaciens T-DNA Transport: Roles for VirB, VirD2 and VirE2....Pages 63-71
Identification of Genetic Factors Controlling the Ability of Agrobacterium to Transfer DNA to Maize....Pages 73-78
Mechanism of T-DNA Transfer....Pages 79-84
Molecular Interactions between Agrobacterium and Plant Cells....Pages 85-96
Detection of Avirulent Mutants of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens in Crown-Gall Tumors Produced in Vitro ....Pages 97-101
VirB4 is an Inner Membrane-Associated Protein Essential for T-DNA Transfer from Agrobacterium Tumefaciens to Plants....Pages 103-107
The Rhizogenes tale: modification of plant growth and physiology by an enzymatic system of hydrolysis of phytohormone conjugates....Pages 109-124
The Agrobacterium Tumefaciens Transcriptional Activator OccR Causes a Bend at a Target Promoter that is Partially Relaxed by a Plant Tumor Metabolite....Pages 125-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
 Rhizobium Nodulation Factors: Variations on a Theme....Pages 133-141
Control of Nodule Induction and Plant Cell Growth by Nod Factors....Pages 143-150
Rhizobial Lipo-Oligosaccharide Signals: Their Biosynthesis and Their Role in the Plant....Pages 151-162
NodO: A Nodulation Protein That Forms Pores in Membranes....Pages 163-167
Nonflavonoid Inducers of nod Genes in Rhizobium Meliloti : Apparent NodD2 Activators Released Naturally from Alfalfa Seeds Add New Dimensions to Rhizosphere Biology....Pages 169-173
Role in Nodulation and Genetic Regulation of Exopolysaccharide Synthesis in Rhizobium Meliloti ....Pages 175-181
Oxygen Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation Gene Expression in Rhizobium Meliloti....Pages 183-191
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Oxygen Sensing and Protein Phosphorylation by the Two-Component Regulatory FixLJ System from Rhizobium Meliloti ....Pages 193-197
Genetic and Physiologic Requirements for Optimal Bacteroid Function in the Bradyrhizobium Japonicum Soybean Symbiosis....Pages 199-207
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Determinants of Specificity in the Interaction of Plants with Bacterial Pathogens....Pages 211-220
A Family of Avirulence Genes from Xanthomonas Oryzae pv. Oryzae is Involved in Resistant Interactions in Rice....Pages 221-230
Further Characterization of Genes Encoding Extracellular Polysaccharide of Pseudomonas solanacearum and their Regulation....Pages 231-239
Physiological and genetic regulation of a pectate lyase structural gene, pel-1 of Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora strain 71....Pages 241-251
Oxidative Stress Response in Xanthomonas oryzae ....Pages 253-257
Involvement of Pseudomonas Solanacearum hrp Genes on the Secretion of a Bacterial Compound Which Induces a Hypersensitive-Like Response on Tobacco....Pages 259-266
 Pseudomonas Syringae pv. Phaseolicola-Plant Interactions: Host-Pathogen Signalling Through Cascade Control of hrp Gene Expression....Pages 267-274
Molecular Genetic Analysis of hrp and Avirulence Genes of Xanthomonas Campestris pv. Vesicatoria ....Pages 275-279
Are Harpins Universal Elicitors of the Hypersensitive Response of Phytopathogenic Bacteria?....Pages 281-286
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Molecular Cloning and Functions of Avirulence and Pathogenicity Genes of the Tomato Pathogen Cladosporium Fulvum ....Pages 289-298
Genome Dynamics and Pathotype Evolution in the Rice Blast Fungus....Pages 299-311
Molecular Basis of Specificity in Maize Leaf Spot Disease....Pages 313-323
The Genetics of Dimorphism in the Smut Fungi....Pages 325-333
Genetical and Functional Organization of the a Mating Type Locus of Ustilago Maydis ....Pages 335-339
Front Matter....Pages 341-341
Root Nodule Organogenesis and Formation of the Peribacteroid Membrane Compartment....Pages 343-352
Early Events in Alfalfa Nodule Development....Pages 353-364
 Rhizobium Nod Metabolites and Early Nodulin Gene Expression....Pages 365-368
Mechanisms of Cell and Tissue Invasion by Rhizobium Leguminosarum : The Role of Cell Surface Interactions....Pages 369-380
Front Matter....Pages 341-341
Control of Infection in the Alfalfa- Rhizobium Meliloti Symbiosis....Pages 381-384
Induction of Genes Encoding Phenylpropanoid Biosynthetic Enzymes in Soybean Roots Inoculated with B. japonicum , Requires Nod Gene Induction and Occurs Independent of Any Known Host Functions....Pages 385-389
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Analysis of the Arabidopsis Defense Response to Pseudomonas Pathogens....Pages 393-403
Genetic Approaches to an Understanding of Specific Resistance Responses of Arabidopsis thaliana against phytopathogenic Pseudomonads....Pages 405-415
Identification of an Arabidopsis Locus that Governs Avirulence Gene-Specific Disease Resistance....Pages 417-421
Plant and Bacterial Genes Involved in Interactions between Xanthomonas and Crucifers....Pages 423-433
Front Matter....Pages 435-435
The Identification and Mapping of Loci in Arabidopsis Thaliana for Recognition of the Fungal Pathogens: Peronospora Parasitica (Downy Mildew) and Albugo Candida (White Blister)....Pages 437-444
Screening Methods for Arabidopsis Mutants Affected in the Signal Transduction Pathways Leading to Defense Responses....Pages 445-449
Towards Positional Cloning of the Pto Bacterial Resistance Locus from Tomato....Pages 451-455
Studies on the Mechanism by Which Tomato Cf ( Cladosporium fulvum ) Resistance Genes Activate Plant Defence....Pages 457-461
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Hm1 , a Maize Gene for Fungal Resistance....Pages 463-467
Transposon Tagging of a Rust Resistance Gene in Maize....Pages 469-475
Glucan Elicitor-Binding Proteins and Signal Transduction in the Activation of Plant Defence....Pages 477-484
Elicitor Recognition and Intracellular Signal Transduction in Plant Defense....Pages 485-495
Transcriptional Regulation of Phytoalexin Biosynthetic Genes....Pages 497-509
Mutagenesis of a Race-Specific Rust Resistance Gene in Antirrhinum Majus Using a Transposon-Tagging Protocol....Pages 511-515
Molecular Markers and Genome Analysis in the Manipulation of Lettuce Downy Mildew....Pages 517-523
Front Matter....Pages 525-525
Systemic Acquired Resistance in Tobacco: Use of Transgenic Expression to Study the Functions of Pathogenesis-Related Proteins....Pages 527-533
Genetic and Biochemical Determinants of Phenazine Antibiotic Production in Fluorescent Pseudomonads that Suppress Take-All Disease of Wheat....Pages 535-541
A Biological Sensor for Iron That is Available to Pseudomonas Fluorescens Inhabiting the Plant Rhizosphere....Pages 543-547
Front Matter....Pages 525-525
Characteristics and Applications of Antibodies Produced in Plants....Pages 549-560
Application of Microinjection Technique for the Analysis of Gene Expression during Host—Parasite Interaction....Pages 561-565
Resistance to Rhizoctonia Solani in Transgenic Tobacco....Pages 567-571
Antibacterial Resistance of Transgenic Potato Plants Producing T4 Lysozyme....Pages 573-577
Pathogen-derived Strategy to Produce Transgenic Plants Resistant to the Bacterial Toxin Phaseolotoxin....Pages 579-586
A Universally Conserved Vital Protein Revealed By Victorin Binding....Pages 587-591
Nitrogen fixation of Azorhizobium in artificially induced root para-nodules in wheat....Pages 593-606
Back Matter....Pages 607-619