Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions Vol. 1: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on the Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Interlaken, Switzerland, September 9–14, 1990

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Molecular Strategies in the Interaction Between Agrobacterium and its Hosts....Pages 3-9
Signal Transduction Via Vir a and Vir G in Agrobacterium ....Pages 10-18
The T-DNA on its Way from Agrobacterium Tumefaciens to the Plant....Pages 19-27
Functional Organization of the Regions Responsible for Nopaline and Octopine Catabolism in Ti Plasmids of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens ....Pages 28-31
Gene-For-Gene Relationships Specifying Disease Resistance in Plant-Bacterial Interactions....Pages 32-36
Avirulence Gene D from Pseudomonas Syringae pv. Tomato and Its Interaction with Resistance Gene Rpg4 in Soybean....Pages 37-44
Genes and Signals Controlling the Pseudomonas Syringae pv. Phaseolicola-Plant Interaction....Pages 45-52
The hrp Gene Cluster of Erwinia Amylovora ....Pages 53-60
Characterization of Genes from Xanthomas Campestris pv. Vesicatoria That Determine Avirulence and Pathogenicity on Pepper and Tomato....Pages 61-64
Pectic Enzyme Production and Bacterial Plant Pathogenicity....Pages 65-72
Molecular Analysis of A Gene That Affects Extracellular Polysaccharide Production and Virulence in Pseudomonas Solanacearum ....Pages 73-77
Interactions Between Arabidopsis Thaliana and Phytopathogenic Pseudomonas Pathovars: A Model for the Genetics of Disease Resistance....Pages 78-83
Interaction Between Arabidopsis Thaliana and Xanthomonas Campestris ....Pages 84-89
Exopolysaccharides in the Interaction of the Fire-Blight Pathogen Erwinia Amylovora with its Host Cells....Pages 90-93
Iron as a Modulator of Pathogenicity of Erwinia Chrysanthemi 3937 on Saintpaulia Ionantha ....Pages 94-98
Genetic and Physiological Aspects of the Pathogenic Interaction of Clavibacter Michiganense subsp. Michiganense with the Host Plant....Pages 99-102
DNA Probes as Tools for the Study of Host-Pathogen Evolution: the Example of Pseudomonas Solanaacearum ....Pages 103-108
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Overview on Genetics of Nodule Induction: Factors Controlling Nodule Induction by Rhizobium Meliloti ....Pages 111-118
Nodrm-1, a Sulphated Lipo-Oligosaccharide Signal of Rhizobium Meliloti Elicits Hair Deformation, Cortical Cell Division and Nodule Organogenesis on Alfalfa Roots....Pages 119-126
 Rhizobium Meliloti Nodulation Gene Regulation and Molecular Signals....Pages 127-133
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Genetic and Biochemical Studies on the Nodulation Genes of Rhizobium Leguminosarum bv. Viciae ....Pages 134-141
The Biochemical Function of the Rhizobium Leguminosarum Proteins Involved in the Production of Host Specific Signal Molecules....Pages 142-149
Studies on the Function of Rhizobium Meliloti Nodulation Genes....Pages 150-155
Genetics of Host Specific Nodulation by Bradyrhizobium Japonicum ....Pages 156-161
Signal Exchange Mediates Host-Specific Nodulation of Tropical Legumes by the Broad Host-Range Rhizobium Species NGR234....Pages 162-167
The use of the Genus Trifolium for the Study of Plant-microbe Interactions....Pages 168-173
Roles of Lectin in the Rhizobium -Legume Symbioses....Pages 174-181
Analyses of the Roles of R.Meliloti Exopolysaccharides in Nodulation....Pages 182-188
The Role of the Rhizobium Meliloti Exopolysaccharides EPS I and EPS II in the Infection Process of Alfalfa Nodules....Pages 189-194
Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation Genes in Rhizobium Meliloti ....Pages 195-202
Complex Regulatory Network for nif and fix Gene Expression in Bradyrhizobium Japonicum ....Pages 203-210
Geonomic Instability in Rhizobium : Friend or Foe?....Pages 211-214
Cytokinin Production by Rhizobia....Pages 215-221
Molecular Genetics of the Hydrogen Uptake System of Rhizobium Leguminosarum ....Pages 222-225
β-Glucuronidase (GUS) Operon Fusions as a Tool for Studying Plant-Microbe Interactions....Pages 226-229
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Specificity of Plant-Fungus Interactions: Molecular Aspects of Avirulence Genes....Pages 233-241
Mutual Triggering of Gene Expression in Plant-Fungus Interactions....Pages 242-249
Fungal Signals Involved in the Specificity of the Interaction Between Barley and Rhynchosporium Secalis ....Pages 250-253
Molecular Determinants of Pathogenesis in Ustilago Maydis ....Pages 254-263
The B Locus of Ustilago Maydis : Molecular Analysis of Allele Specificity....Pages 264-271
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
An in Planta Induced Gene of Phytophthora Infestans Codes for Ubiquitin....Pages 272-275
Strategies for the Cloning of Genes in Tomato for Resistance to Fulvia Fulva ....Pages 276-279
Downy Mildew of Arabidopsis Thaliana Caused by Peronospora Parasitica: A Model System for the Investigation of the Molecular Biology of Host-Pathogen Interactions....Pages 280-283
Host-Pathogen Interactions in the System Arachis Hypogaea-Cercospora Arachidicola ....Pages 284-287
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Genesis of Root Nodules and Function of Nodulins....Pages 291-299
Early Nodulins in Pea and Soybean Nodule Development....Pages 300-303
Different Modes of Regulation Involved in Nodulin Gene Expression in Soybean....Pages 304-309
Regulation of Nodule-Expressed Soybean Genes....Pages 310-316
Patterns of Nodule Development and Nodulin Gene Expression in Alfalfa and Afghanistan Pea....Pages 317-324
Endocytosis and the Development of Symbiosomes in the Pea- Rhizobium Symbiosis....Pages 325-330
Plant Genetic Control of Nodulation in Legumes....Pages 331-335
Genetic and Cellular Analysis of Resistance to Vesicular Arbuscular (VA) Mycorrhizal Fungi in Pea Mutants....Pages 336-342
 Agrobacterium Rhizogenes T-DNA Genes and Sensitivity of Plant Protoplasts to Auxins....Pages 343-351
Chimaeras and Transgenic Plant Mosaics: A New Tool in Plant Biology....Pages 352-356
Identification of Signal Transduction Pathways Leading to the Expression of Arabidopsis Thaliana Defense Genes....Pages 357-364
Local and Systemic Gene Activation Following the Hypersensitive Response of Plants to Pathogens....Pages 365-366
Properties of Plant Defense Gene Promoters....Pages 367-372
Signals in Plant Defense Gene Activation....Pages 373-380
A Search for Resistance Gene-Specific Receptor Proteins in Lettuce Plasma Membrane....Pages 381-386
Pathogenesis-Related Proteins Exhibit Both Pathogen-Induced and Developmental Regulation....Pages 387-394
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Pathogen-Induced Genes in Wheat....Pages 395-398
Biological Activity of PR-Proteins from Tobacco; Characterization of a Proteinase Inhibitor....Pages 399-402
Molecular Recognition in Plants: Identification of a Specific Binding Site for Oligoglucoside Elicitors of Phytoalexin Accumulation....Pages 403-420
Perception of Pathogen-Derived Elicitor and Signal Transduction in Host Defenses....Pages 421-427
Phosphoprotein-Controlled Changes in Ion Transport are Common Events in Signal Transduction for Callose and Phytoalexin Induction....Pages 428-431
Induced Systemic Resistance in Cucumber in Response to 2,6-Dichloro-Isonicotinic Acid and Pathogens....Pages 432-439
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
Genetic Aspects of Phenazine Antibiotic Production by Fluorescent Pseudomonads That Suppress Take-All Disease of Wheat....Pages 443-449
Secondary Metabolites of Pseudomonas Fluorescens Strain CHA0 Involved in the Suppression of Root Diseases....Pages 450-456
Tests of Specificity of Competition Amound Pseudomonas Syringae Strains on Plants Using Recombinant Ice-Strains and Use of Ice Nucleation Genes as Probes of in Situ Transcriptional Activity....Pages 457-464
Regulation of the Synthesis of Indole-3-Acetic Acid in Azospirillum ....Pages 465-468
Back Matter....Pages 469-483