Scientists are continually making discoveries concerning the interactions between microbes and plants, interactions which may be damaging, in the case of plant pathogens, or beneficial, as in the case of nitrogen fixation. This volume provides a review of the work being done in this area. It should be of interest to plant scientists, microbiologists, plant pathologists, soil scientists, and mycologists.
1 The Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis.- 2 Signal Transduction Pathways of the Plant Oxidative Burst.- 3 Induction of the Hypersensitive Response and Systemic Acquired Resistance by Fungal Proteins: The Case of Elicitins.- 4 Polygalacturonase-Inhibiting Proteins (PGIPs): Their Role in Specificity and Defense against Pathogenic Fungi.- 5 Northern Corn Leaf Spot: Chemistry, Enzymology, and Molecular Genetics of a Host-Selective Phytotoxin.- 6 Phytotoxin Production inPseudomonas syringae.- 7 The hrp-Encoded Protein Export Systems ofPseudomonas syringaeand Other Plant Pathogenic Bacteria and Their Role in Pathogenicity.