Plant Relationships

Part A and Part B of the fifth of twelve volumes of The Mycota deal with the mechanisms of interactions between fungi and plants and consider pathogenic as well as mutualistic associations. Nobody involved in the manipulation of plant populations can afford to ignore the fungi, so pervasive and important are fungus/plant interactions for the well-being of plant communities, both managed and natural. Consequently, these volumes will be of interest to a broad range of professionals involved in agriculture, forestry, horticulture, and conservation as well as plant pathology, mycology, ecology, and evolution. TOC:Profiles in Pathogenesis and Mutualism:The Gene-For-Gene Concept in Plant-Pathogen Interactions: Tomato - Cladosporium fulvum; The Potato Late Blight Pathogen, Phytopthora infestan; Magnaporthe grisea; Erysiphe graminis; The Uredinales.- Genetics and Molecular Biology of the ectomycrrhizal symbiosis Hebeloma cylindrosporum x Pinus pinaster; Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi; Endophytes of Forest Trees: A Model For Fungus-Plant Interactions.- The Consequences of Fungal Associations in Plant Populations; The Role of Plant Pathogens in Agroecosystems; Speciation and Population Biology in Colleotrichum; The Epidemiology of Mycorrhizal Fungal Associations During Plant Succession; The Population Biology of Grass Endophytes.- The Evolution of Fungus-Plant Assiciations: Genomic Structure, Genetic Flexibility and Microevolution in Pathogenic Fungi; Evolution of Mutualistic Endophytes From Plant Pathogens; Mathematical Models of the Evolution of Plant-Fungus Interactions; Evolution of Plant Resistance and Susceotibility to Fungal Parasites.- Generic Index.- Subject Index.