Biology and Molecular Biology of Plant-Pathogen Interactions

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Introductory Comments on Host-Parasite Interactions....Pages 1-13
Fundamental Questions Related to Plant-Fungal Interactions: Can Recombinant DNA Technology Provide the Answers?....Pages 15-27
Cellular Modifications During Host-Fungus Interactions in Endomycorrhizae....Pages 29-37
Cellular Interactions between Phaseolus Vulgaris and the Hemibiotrophic Fungus Colletotrichum Lindemuthianum ....Pages 39-48
Ultrastructural Localization of Carbohydrates. Recent Developments in Cytochemistry and Affinity Methods....Pages 49-57
Attachment of a Mycoparasite with Host But Not with Nonhost Mortierella Species....Pages 59-69
The Biology of Interactions between Plants and Bacteria....Pages 71-98
Surface Interactions between Rhizobium and Infected Pea Root Nodule Cells, as Revealed by Using Monoclonal Antibodies....Pages 99-106
Biochemical Mechanisms Involved in Resistance of Plants to Fungi....Pages 107-131
Cell Wall Modifications Associated with the Resistance of Cereals to Fungal Pathogens....Pages 133-140
Mechanism of Resistance of Wheat Against Stem Rust in the Sr5/P5 Interaction....Pages 141-148
Elicitation of Active Resistance Mechanisms....Pages 149-169
Evidence for Both Induced Susceptibility and Induced Resistance in the Cladosporium Fulvum — Tomato Interaction....Pages 171-176
Do Galacturonic Acid Oligosaccharides Have a Role in the Resistance Mechanism of Cucumber towards Cladosporium Cucumerinum ?....Pages 177-183
Carbohydrate and Lipid-Containing Elicitors from Phytophthora infestans . Do They Have a Common Mechanism of Action?....Pages 185-189
Differential Elicitation Activities of Fractions from Phytophthora Spp. On Several Host-Plants....Pages 191-196
Regulation of Steroid Glycoalkaloid and Sesquiterpenoid Stress Metabolite Accumulation in Potato Tubers by Inhibitors of Steroid Synthesis and Phytohormones in Combination with Arachidonic Acid....Pages 197-203
Elicitation and Suppression of Necrosis in Potato Leaves by Culture Filtrate Components of Phytophthora Infestans ....Pages 205-206
Organization, Structure and Activation of Plant Defence Genes....Pages 207-219
Molecular Targets for Elicitor Modulation in Bean ( Phaseolus Vulgaris ) Cells....Pages 221-234
Accumulation of Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoprotein mRNAs in Biologically Stressed Cell Cultures and Hypocotyls....Pages 235-244
Biochemical Study of Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins in Plant-Pathogen Interactions....Pages 245-251
Biochemical Responses of Non-Host Plant Cells to Fungi and Fungal Elicitors....Pages 253-262
Pea Genes Associated with the Non-Host Resistance to Fusarium Solani are also Induced by Chitosan and in Race-Specific Resistance by Pseudomonas Syringae ....Pages 263-269
Race Variable Macromolecules Identified in Puccinia Graminis F.SP. Tritici ; Correlations with Avirulence/Virulence to Host Genes for Resistance....Pages 271-275
The Molecular Biology of Pectic Enzyme Production and Bacterial Soft Rot Pathogenesis....Pages 277-289
Molecular Genetics of Pathogenicity of Xanthomonas Campestris ....Pages 291-295
Genetic Control of Hypersensitivity and Pathogenicity in Pseudomonas Syringae PV. Phaseolicola ....Pages 297-305
Regulation of Bacterial Genes Involved in Bacterium-Plant Interactions by Plant Signal Molecules....Pages 307-314
Indoleacetic Acid and Cytokinins in the Olive Knot Disease. An Overview of Their Role and their Genetic Determinants....Pages 315-329
Gene Expression During Infection Structure Development by Germlings of the Rust Fungi....Pages 331-341
Isolation of Stage- and Cell-Specific Genes from Fungi....Pages 343-357
An Antibiotic Resistance Marker for Fungal Transformation....Pages 359-363
Analysis of Transcription-Control Signals in Aspergillus ....Pages 365-369
Technology for Molecular Cloning of Fungal Virulence Genes....Pages 371-384
Molecular Evolution of Fungal Polygalacturonase....Pages 385-392
The D 2 -Factor in Ophiostoma Ulmi : Expression and Latency....Pages 393-400
The Effects of Passaging on the Host Specificity of Septoria Nodorum : A Cautionary Tale....Pages 401-407
Back Matter....Pages 409-417