Recognition in Microbe-Plant Symbiotic and Pathogenic Interactions

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Genetic Analysis of Rhizobium -Plant Interactions....Pages 1-15
Respective Roles of Common and Specific Rhizobium meliloti nod Genes in the Control of Lucerne Infection....Pages 17-28
Infection Mutants of Rhizobium Meliloti are Altered in Acidic Exopolysaccharide Production....Pages 29-37
Intercellular Communication and Recognition in the Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis....Pages 39-54
Promoters and Operon Structure of the Nodulation Region of the Rhizobium Leguminosarum Symbiosis Plasmid pRL1JI....Pages 55-68
Manipulation of Nodulation Specificity in the Pea- Rhizobium Leguminosarum Symbiosis....Pages 69-78
 Bradyrhizobium Japonicum Genes Involved in Soybean Root-Nodule Development....Pages 79-86
Nodulation of Soybean: Bradyrhizobium Japonicum Physiology and Genetics....Pages 87-99
Attachment of Rhizobium Leguminosarum to Pea Root Hair Tips....Pages 101-111
Specificity of Rhizobium(Galega) — Galega — Interaction....Pages 113-114
Flavones Induce Expression of the Nodulation Genes in Rhizobium ....Pages 115-121
Induction of Rhizobium Nod Genes by Flavonoids: Differential Adaptation of Promoter, nodD Gene and Inducers for Various Cross-Inoculation Groups....Pages 123-135
Induction of Rhizobium Leguminosarum Nod Genes by Flavonoids is Antagonized by Other Plant-Specified Aromatic Compounds....Pages 137-148
Fractionation of Rhizobium Leguminosarum Cells Into Outer Membrane , Cytoplasmic Membrane, Periplasmic and Cytoplasmic Components....Pages 149-152
A Study of Surface Interactions Between Rhizobium Bacteroids and the Peribacteroid Membrane using Monoclonal Antibodies....Pages 153-161
Nodulins Involved in Early Stages of Pea Root Nodule Development....Pages 163-169
Pathogenic Strategies of Fungi....Pages 171-188
The Molecular Basis of the Agrobacterium -Plant Interaction — Characteristics of Agrobacterium virulence genes and their possible occurrence in other plant-associated bacteria -....Pages 189-202
T-Region Transfer from Agrobacterium Tumefaciens to Plant Cells: Functional Characterization of Border Repeats....Pages 203-214
Cloning of DNA Sequences from Azospirillum Brasilense , Homologous to Rhizobium Nod Genes and Agrobacterium Vir Genes....Pages 215-218
Attachment of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens to Plant Host Cells....Pages 219-227
Role of Fimbriae and Pili in the Attachment of Klebsiella, Enterobacter and Pseudomonas to Plant Surfaces....Pages 229-241
Race Specific Resistance to Bremia Lactucae is Expressed by Lettuce Cells in Suspension Culture....Pages 243-251
Interaction of Fungal Polygalacturonase with Plant Proteins in Relation to Specificity and Regulation of Plant Defense Response....Pages 253-258
A Model System for the Study of Fungus — Host Surface Interactions: Adhesion of Phytophthora Megasperma to Protoplasts and Mesophyll Cells of Soybean....Pages 259-272
Ultrastructural Studies of Surface Interactions During Adhesion and Infection by Ericoid Endomycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 273-282
Structural Modifications of the Fungal Wall Before and During Vam Symbiosis....Pages 283-286
Occurrence of Race-Specific Elicitors in the Host Pathogen Interaction Tomato- Cladosporium Fulvum ....Pages 287-295
Studies on the Role of Carbohydrates in Host-Microbe Interactions....Pages 297-309
Biochemical Interactions of Plants with Potentially Pathogenic Fungi....Pages 311-323
Stimulation of Phytoalexin Formation in Fungus-Infected Plants and Elicitor-Treated Cell Cultures of Parsley....Pages 325-331
Recognition and Response in Plant:Pathogen Interactions....Pages 333-344
Phytoalexin Synthesis in Soybean Following Infection of Roots with Phytophthora Megasperma or Treatment of Cell Cultures with Fungal Elicitor....Pages 345-361
Elicitation of Indole Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Periwinkle....Pages 363-366
Expression of Plant Genes in the Hypersensitive Reaction of French Bean ( Phaseolus Vulgaris ) to the Plant Pathogenic Bacterium Pseudomonas Syringae Pv. Phaseolicola ....Pages 367-376
Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins (Hrgps) in Infected Plants : Signaling, Accumulation and Gene Expression....Pages 377-384
A Model Genetically Engineered Pesticide: Cloning and Expression of the Bacillus Thuringiensis Subsp. Kurstaki δ-Endotoxin into Pseudomonas Fluorescens ....Pages 385-393
Molecular Aspects of Plant Growth Affecting Pseudomonas Species....Pages 395-404
The Iron-Uptake System of the Plant-Growth-Stimulating Pseudomonas Putida WCS358: Genetic Analysis and Properties and Structure Analysis of Its Siderophore....Pages 405-408
Role of Flagella of the Plant Growth Stimulating Pseudomonas Fluorescens Isolate WCS374 in the Colonization of Potato Roots....Pages 409-412
Conditions in the Rhizosphere in Relation to Microbial Development....Pages 413-421
Consensus and Perspective on Rhizobium ....Pages 423-425
Prospects for Novel Plant Disease Control Rationales....Pages 427-429
Plant-Agrobacterium Interaction....Pages 431-432
Recognition, Elicitors and the Hypersensitive Reaction....Pages 433-437
Molecular Analysis of Plant Defence Mechanisms....Pages 439-440
Back Matter....Pages 441-451