Phytotoxins and Plant Pathogenesis

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Current Research into Chemical Synthesis of Phaseolotoxin....Pages 1-6
Structural Studies on Host-Specific Pathotoxins in Corn Blight and Citrus Brown Spot Diseases....Pages 7-21
Biosynthesis and Regulation of Toxins Produced by Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Glycinea (Coronatine) and Pseudomonas Andropogonis (Rhizobitoxine)....Pages 23-29
Biological Activities of Structural Variants of Host-Selective Toxins from Cochliobolus Victoriae ....Pages 31-41
Genetic Analysis of Toxin Production by Fungi....Pages 43-60
Identification and Isolation of a DNA Region Required for Tabtoxin Production: Apparent Deletion in Pseudomonas Syringae Pv Tabaci Variant ‘ Angulata’ and Tox − Mutants....Pages 61-70
Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Gene Duplication and Phaseolotoxin Resistance in Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Phaseolicola ....Pages 71-83
Cloning and Characterization of Genes Encoding Phaseolotoxin, the Toxin Produced by Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Phaseolicola ....Pages 85-91
A Novel Toxin Produced by Pseudomonas Corrugata , the Causal Agent of Tomato Pith Necrosis: Determination of its Role in Virulence and the Genetics of Production....Pages 93-112
Mode and Physiological Consequence of Aal-Toxin Interaction with the asc Locus in Tomato....Pages 113-121
Fusicoccin-Receptor Interaction and Activation of Plasma Membrane H + -ATPase in Native Membrane Vesicles....Pages 123-129
Action of Fusicoccin in vivo : Physiological and Biochemical Consequences....Pages 131-141
Mode of Action of Fusicoccin: the Role of Specific Receptors....Pages 143-150
Interactions of Phytotoxins With Plant Cell Membranes: Electrophysiology and Ion Flux-Induced pH Changes....Pages 151-166
Syringomycin Effects on Plasma Membrane Ca +2 Transport....Pages 167-175
Extracellular Polysaccharides as Determinants of Leaf Spot Diseases Caused by Pseudomonads and Xanthomonads....Pages 177-218
Development of the Chlorotic Symptom Caused by Tabtoxin....Pages 219-238
Maize Mitochondria Fl-Atpase Inhibition by the Cochliobolus Heterostrophus Race T-Toxin and Methomyl....Pages 239-248
Host Recognition : Can Accessibility to Fungal Invasion be Induced by Host-Specific Toxins Without Necessitating Necrotic Cell Death?....Pages 249-265
Toxins and Disease Resistance....Pages 267-273
Plant Cell Death: A Determinant of Disease Resistance and Susceptibility....Pages 275-283
Ecological Consequences of Toxin Production by Cochliobolus and Related Fungi....Pages 285-300
A Promising Strategy for the Control of Fungal Diseases by the Use of Toxin-Degrading Microbes....Pages 301-317
Fungal Phytotoxins — Potential New Herbicides....Pages 320-335
Possible Applications of Phytotoxins....Pages 337-355
Immunoaffinity Chromatography of Endogenous Ligands for Fusicoccin Binding Sites....Pages 357-358
Structure of Syringomycin. A Progress Report....Pages 359-361
Occurrence of Multiple forms of Syringomycin....Pages 363-366
Structural Studies on Syringomycin....Pages 367-371
Toxins Produced by Three Species of Seiridium Affecting Cypress Trees....Pages 373-376
Production of Cytochalasins by Isolates of Ascochyta Heteromorpha from Oleander and Negative Evidence for Their Role in Leaf Spot Disease....Pages 377-380
Structural Studies on the Phytotoxins Produced by a Pathotype of Alternaria Citri Causing a Brown Spot Disease of Mandarins....Pages 381-381
Molecular Features Affecting the Biological Activity of the Host-Selective Toxins from Cochliobolus Victoriae ....Pages 383-383
Isolation and Proprties of Two Toxins from Culture Filtrates of Ascochyta Rabiei ....Pages 385-386
Leaf Spotting Toxins from Septoria Nodorum ....Pages 387-388
 Hypoxylon Mammatum Toxins. Their Nature and Their Role in Host Parasite Relationships....Pages 389-391
Properties of a High Molecular Weight Toxin Produced by Phytophthora Drechsleri F. SP. Cajani in Culture....Pages 393-394
Production of Anthraquinone Derivatives by Phoma Tracheiphila ....Pages 395-398
Phytotoxic Substances from Virulent and Hypovirulent Strains of Cryphonectria Parasitica ....Pages 399-401
Toxin Tolerance as a Marker for Resistance Breeding....Pages 403-404
Hybridization of pPGl with Other Plasmids of Pseudomonas Syringae PV. Glycinea ....Pages 405-406
Organization and Expression of the hrp Gene Cluster in Pseudomonas Syryngae PV. Phaseolicola ....Pages 407-408
A Molecular Strategy for Isolation of the TOXl Allele from Cochliobolus Heterostrophus ....Pages 409-410
Translocation of Fusicoccin in Almond and Peach Trees Infected by Fusicoccum Amygdali ....Pages 411-413
Comparison of Toxigenic Isolates of Fusicoccum Amygdali from Almond and Peach....Pages 415-416
Some Comments on Future Research on Host-Pathogen Interactions in Plant Diseases....Pages 417-418
Metabolism of the Phytotoxin Brefeldin A in Safflower ( Carthamus Tinctorius L.) Plants....Pages 419-421
Binding of Syringomycin and Syringotoxin by Serum Proteins and by Membrane and Cytoplasmic Substances of Maize Cells....Pages 423-426
Cytological Responses of Oats to Virulent and Avirulent Isolates of Cochliobolus Victoriae ....Pages 427-428
Occurrence of a Syringomycin — High Molecular Weight Complex in Pseudomonas Syringae PV. Syringae ....Pages 429-431
Do Host-Specific Toxins Affect Single Ion Channels?....Pages 433-435
Physiological Changes Associated With AAL-Toxin Induced Necrosis in Tomato....Pages 437-437
Victorin Binding to Proteins in Susceptible and Resistant Oat Genotypes....Pages 439-439
 In Vitro Reaction of Potato Micronodes to Culture Filtrate of Phytophthora Infestans ....Pages 441-442
Regeneration of Tomato Shoots from Cotyledonary Explants Challenged by Culture Filtrate of Phytophthora Infestans ....Pages 443-444
Relationship Between Lipid Metabolism and the Hypersensitive Response in Potato Tubers After Phytophthora Infestans Infection....Pages 445-447
Effects of Fusarium Graminearum Metabolites on Wheat Cells....Pages 449-452
Toxins Produced in Culture by Phytophthora Infestans Race Tl and Some of Their Effects on Tomato....Pages 453-455
Activity of Alternaria Alternata Metabolites on Tomato Leaves and Geotrichum Candidum ....Pages 457-459
Some Disease Determinants in the Hyperplastic Bacterial Canker of Almond Incited by Pseudomonas Amygdali ....Pages 461-463
Production of a Chlorosis-Inducing Phytotoxin by Pseudomonas Syringae from Wisteria....Pages 465-467
Syringomycin and Syringotoxin Production in Cultures of Pseudomonas Syringae PV. Syringae ....Pages 469-471
Phytotoxic Effects and Phytoalexin-Elicitor Activity of Microbial Pectic Enzymes....Pages 473-477
Oxalic Acid may be Involved in Establishment of Infections by Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum ....Pages 479-481
Necrogenous Phytophthora Capsici Cell Wall Components in Relation to Induced Resistance to Fusarium Oxysporum F. SP. Lycopersici in Tomato Plants....Pages 483-484
Back Matter....Pages 485-510