Advances in Botanical Research

Contributions of population genetics to plant disease epidemiology and management, M.G. Milgroom and W.E. Fry; a molecular view through the looking glass - the pyrenopeziza brassicae-brassica interaction, A.M. Ashby; balance and interaction between sexual and asexual reproduction in fungi, M. Chamberlain, and D.S. Ingram; the role of leucine-rich repeat proteins in plant defences, D.A. Jones and J.D.G. Jones; fungal lifestyles and ecosystem dynamics - biological aspects of plant pathogens, plant endophytes, and saphrophytes, R.J. Rodriguez and R.S Redman; cellular interactions between plants and biotrophic fungal parasites, M.C. Heath and D. Skalamera; symbiology of mouse-ear cress (Aribdopsis thaliana) and oomycetes, E.B. Holub and J.L. Beynon; use of monoclonal antibodies to detect, quantify and visualize fungi in soils; F.M. Dewey, C.R. Thornton, and C.A. Gilligan; function of fungal haustoria in epiphytic and endophytic infections, P.T.N. Spencer-Phillips; towards an understanding of the population genetics of plant-colonizing bacteria, B. Haubold and P.B. Rainey; asexual sporulation of oomycetes, A.R. Hardman, G.J. Hyde; horizontal gene transfer in rhizosphere - a curiosity or a driving force in evolution?, J. Wostemeyer, A. Wostemeyer, and K. Voigt; the origins of phytophthora species attacking legumes in Australia, J.A.G. Irwin, A.R. Crawford and A. Drenth.