Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions: Vol. 3 Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Edinburgh, U.K., June 1994

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Plant Signaling in Agrobacterium -Mediated Transformation....Pages 3-11
Global Regulation of Erwinia Carotovora Virulence Factor Production....Pages 13-20
Environmentally Responsive Dna Bending by the Agrobacterium Tumefaciens Transcriptional Activator OccR....Pages 21-24
Regulation of Toxin Synthesis and Phenotypic Variation in Pseudomonas Tolaasii , Cause of Brown Blotch Disease of Mushrooms....Pages 25-32
Mechanism for Environmental Regulation of Pseudomonas Syringae Pathogenicity and Host Range Determinants.....Pages 33-36
Isolation of Genes Containing Adenylate-Forming Catalytic Domains in Syringomycin Biosynthesis by Pseudomonas Syringae PV. Syringae ....Pages 37-40
Syringolide Elicitors Specified by Avirulence Gene D Alleles in Pseudomonas Syringae ....Pages 41-48
The Role of Pseudomonas Syringae and Erwinia Chrysanthemi Hrp Gene Products in Plant Interactions....Pages 49-56
 Hrp and Avirulence Genes of Xanthomonas Campestris PV. Vesicatoria Controlling the Interaction with Pepper and Tomato....Pages 57-64
Role of Proteins Encoded by the Pseudomonas Solanacearum Hrp Regulon in the Control of Plant-Bacteria Interactions....Pages 65-69
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
All Those New Names: an Overview of the Molecular Phylogeny of Plant-associated Bacteria....Pages 73-80
 Rhizobium Nodulation Factors:Synthesis and Induction of Plant Responses....Pages 81-90
The Molecular Basis of Host Specificity in the Rhizobium Leguminosarum-Plant Interaction....Pages 91-98
Nodulation Gene Expression in Rhizobium Meliloti ....Pages 99-102
Functional Analysis of Nodo and Nodt from Rhizobium Leguminosarum Biovar Viciae....Pages 103-106
Effects of Nod Factors on Alfalfa Root Hair Ca ++ and H + Currents and on Cytoskeletal Behavior....Pages 107-113
Effects of Nod Factors on Plants....Pages 115-122
Signal Transduction and Endocytosis of Rhizobia in the Host Cells....Pages 123-130
Developmental and Environmental Regulation of Chalcone Synthase Expression in Subterranean Clover....Pages 131-134
Promoter Activities of Medicago Lectin Genes During the Symbiotic Interaction Between R. Meliloti and Transgenic Alfalfa....Pages 135-138
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
A new Lectin-Type Glycoprotein Identified in the Peribacteroid Fluid of Pea Nodules....Pages 139-142
Role of Surface Factors in Plant-Microbe Interactions: Involvement of Rhizobium Meliloti Exopolysaccharide During Early Infection Events in Alfalfa....Pages 143-150
Correlation of Lipopolysaccharide Structural Defects with Genetic Lesions in Rhizobium Etli Ce3....Pages 151-154
Biochemical Genetics of Respiration in the Bradyrhizobium Japonicum -Soybean Symbiosis....Pages 155-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Pathogenicity Genes in Fungi....Pages 163-170
Differentiation and Development of the Specialised Infection Structures Formed by Biotrophic Fungal-Plant Pathogens....Pages 171-177
Gene Expression and Molecular Modifications Associated with Plant Responses to Infection by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 179-186
Fungal Biodiversity within Ericoid Mycorrhizal Roots Analysed with Pcr-Rapd Techniques....Pages 187-190
Molecular and Population Genetics of Barley Powdery Mildew....Pages 191-198
Molecular Characterization of the Interaction Between the Fungal Pathogen Cladosporium Fulvum and Tomato....Pages 199-206
Molecular Identification and Characterization of the Nip1 Gene, an Avirulence Gene from the Barley Pathogen Rhynchosporium Secalis ....Pages 207-214
Detoxification of Plant Saponins by Fungi....Pages 215-221
Complex Genetic Control of Polyketide Toxin Production by Cochliobolus Heterostrophus ....Pages 223-230
Leaf-Spot Disease of Maize: Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology of a Host-Selective Cyclic Peptide....Pages 231-237
Genetic Regulation of Mating and Dimorphism in Ustilago Maydis ....Pages 239-245
Cyclic Amp Regulates the Dimorphic Switch in Ustilago Hordei ....Pages 247-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Identification and Characterization of an Arabidopsis Ecotype Which Fails to Mount a Hypersensitive Response When Infiltrated with Pseudomonas Syringae Strains Carrying a Vrrpt2 ....Pages 253-260
Organization and Hyperevolution of Rust Resistance Genes in Maize....Pages 261-266
Phenotypic Variation and Non-Allelic Interaction in the Gene-for-Gene Relationship Between Arabidopsis Thaliana and Peronospora Parasitica (Downy Mildew).....Pages 267-272
Cloning and Characterization of Two Members of the Pto Gene Family: the Pto Bacterial Resistance Gene and the Fen Insecticide Sensitivity Gene.....Pages 273-282
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Genetic Analysis of Bacterial Disease Resistance in Arabidopsis and Cloning of the RPS2 Resistance Gene....Pages 283-288
Plant and Pathogen Loci Determining Recognition and Cell Death in Arabidopsis Thaliana .....Pages 289-295
Isolation of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus Resistance Gene N ....Pages 297-302
Cloning a Rust-Resistance Gene in Flax....Pages 303-306
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Dissection of Resistance Pathways in Barley to Powdery Mildew Attack....Pages 309-312
Specific Recognition of a Fungal Oligopeptide Elicitor by Parsley Cells....Pages 313-318
Accumulation of Pgip, a Leucine-Rich Receptor-Like Protein, Correlates with the Hypersensitive Response in Race-Cultivar Interactions....Pages 319-322
A Model System for the Dissection of the Hypersensitive Response: A Fungal Glycoprotein Elicits a Hr in Tobacco....Pages 323-326
Responses of Tobacco to Elicitins, Proteins from Phytophthora SPP. Eliciting Acquired Resistance....Pages 327-332
Gene Activities in Nematode-Induced Feeding Structures....Pages 333-338
The Molecular Biology of Systemic Acquired Resistance....Pages 339-347
“The Salicylic Acid Signal for Activation of Plant Defenses is Mediated by Active Oxygen Species”....Pages 349-354
H 2 O 2 -Mediated Oxidative Cross-Linking of Cell Wall Structural Proteins....Pages 355-360
Comparison of the Oxidative Burst Signaling Pathways of Plants and Human Neutrophils....Pages 361-369
Plant Protection by Free Cutin Monomers in Two Cereal Pathosystems....Pages 371-374
Ubiquitin-Dependent Proteolysis in Plants - a Key Metabolic Pathway Influencing Plant-Pathogen Interaction....Pages 375-379
Front Matter....Pages 381-381
Genetic Analysis of the 2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol Biosynthetic Locus from Pseudomonas Fluorescens Q2-87....Pages 383-386
Recent Advances in Expanding and Understanding Virus-Mediated Attenuation of Fungal Virulence....Pages 387-393
Hypercellulolytic Transformants of Trichoderma Longibrachiatum are Active in Reducing Pythium Damping-Off on Cucumber....Pages 395-398
Glycoprotein Inhibitors of Fungal Polygalacturonases....Pages 399-402
Back Matter....Pages 403-416