Histology, Ultrastructure and Molecular Cytology of Plant-Microorganism Interactions

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Image Analysis In Biology

   • C. Souchier

   Pages 1-20

3. In situHybridization to RNA in Plant Biology

   • Judy Brangeon

   Pages 21-42

4. In Situ Detection of Polyphenols in Plant Microorganism Interactions

   • C. Andary, L. Mondolot-Cosson, G. H. Dai

   Pages 43-53

5. Gold Cytochemistry Applied to the Study of Plant Defense Reactions

   • Nicole Benhamou

   Pages 55-77

6. Use of Monoclonal Antibodies to Study Differentiation of Colletotrichum Infection Structures

   • R. J. O’Connell, N. A. Pain, J. A. Bailey, K. Mendgen, J. R. Green

   Pages 79-97

7. The Plant Cell Wall, First Barrier or Interface for Microorganisms: In Situ Approaches to Understanding Interactions

   • Brigitte Vian, Danièle Reis, Laura Gea, Valérie Grimault

   Pages 99-115

8. Adhesion of Fungal Propagules

   • Ralph L. Nicholson

   Pages 117-134

9. Cellular Aspects of Rust Infection Structure Differentiation

   • H. Deising, S. Heiler, M. Rauscher, H. Xu, K. Mendgen

   Pages 135-156

10. Structural and Functional Aspects of Mycobiont - Photobiont Relationships in Lichens Compared with Mycorrhizae and Plant Pathogenic Interactions

    • Rosmarie Honegger

    Pages 157-176

11. Root Defence Responses in Relation to Cell and Tissue Invasion by Symbiotic Microorganisms : Cytological Investigations

    • V. Gianinazzi-Pearson, A. Gollotte, C. Cordier, S. Gianinazzi

    Pages 177-191

12. Histology and Cytochemistry of Interactions between Plants and Xanthomonads

    • B. Boher, I. Brown, M. Nicole, K. Kpemoua, V. Verdier, U. Bonas et al.

    Pages 193-210

13. Compartmentalization in Trees: New Findings During the Study of Dutch Elm Disease

    • D. Rioux

    Pages 211-225

14. Virus of Plant Trypanosomes (Phytomonas Spp.)

    • M. Dollet, S. Marche, D. Gargani, E. Muller, T. Baltz

    Pages 227-236

15. Plant Cell Modifications by Parasitic Nematodes

    • W. M. Robertson

    Pages 237-244

16. In Situ Detection of Grapevine Flavescence Doree Phytoplasmas and their Infection Cycle in Experimental and Natural Host Plants

    • J. Lherminier, E. Boudon-Padieu

    Pages 245-255

17. Back Matter

    Pages 257-262

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Plants interact with a large number of microoganisms which have a major impact on their growth either by establishing mutually beneficial symbiotic relationships or by developing as pathogens at the expense of the plant with deleterious effects. These microorganisms differ greatly not only in their nature (viruses, phytoplasmas, bacteria, fungi, nematodes, ... ) but also in the way they contact, penetrate and invade their host. Histology and cytology have brought an essential contribution to our knowledge of these phenomena. They have told us for instance, how specialized structures of the pathogen are often involved in the adhesion and penetration into the plant, how the interface between both organisms is finely arranged at the cellular level, or what structural alterations affect the infected tissues. They have thus set the stage for the investigations of the underlying molecular mechanisms could be undertaken. Such investigations have been remarkably successful in the recent years, expanding considerably our understanding of plant-microorganism interactions in terms of biochemical changes, rapid modifications of enzymatic activities, coordinated gene activation, signal reception and transduction. Biochemistry, molecular biology and cellular physiology have taken precedence in the phytopathologist's set of methods.

• Fungi
• biology
• cell
• cell biology
• mycorrhiza
• plant
• plants
• tissue

`This book may be interesting not only for scientists or students involved in plant-microorganism interaction but also for those who are concerned with cellular biology especially because of the description of techniques.'
Argonomie, 3 (1997)

• ORSTOM, Montpellier, France

  Michel Nicole

• INRA/CNRS, Dijon, France

  Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson

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