<p>Part A and Part B of the fifth of twelve volumes of <B>The</B><B>Mycota</B> deal with the mechanisms of interactions between fungi and plants and consider pathogenic as well as mutualistic associations. <BR>Nobody involved in the manipulation of plant populations can afford to ignore the fungi, s
Plant Relationships: Part A
β Scribed by George C. Carroll (auth.), Professor Dr. George C. Carroll, Professor Dr. Paul Tudzynski (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 261
- Series
- The Mycota 5
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Introduction to Part A and Part B: Fungus/Plant Interactions β An Overview....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Adhesion of Spores and Hyphae to Plant Surfaces....Pages 11-25
Physical and Chemical Cues for Spore Germination and Appressorium Formation by Fungal Pathogens....Pages 27-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Breaching the Outer Barriers β Cuticle and Cell Wall Penetration....Pages 43-60
Fungal Invasion Enzymes and Their Inhibition....Pages 61-83
Signals in Host-Parasite Interactions....Pages 85-105
Pathogenesis-Related Proteins and Plant Defense....Pages 107-128
Fungal Phytotoxins: Biosynthesis and Activity....Pages 129-144
Cochliobolus spp. and Their Host-Specific Toxins....Pages 145-166
Fungal Phytohormones in Pathogenic and Mutualistic Associations....Pages 167-184
Toxin Production in Grass/Endophyte Associations....Pages 185-207
Metabolic Interactions at the Mycobiont-Photobiont Interface in Lichens....Pages 209-221
Altered Gene Expression During Ectomycorrhizal Development....Pages 223-242
Back Matter....Pages 243-253
β¦ Subjects
Microbiology; Plant Sciences; Agriculture; Forestry; Biochemistry, general
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