Mechanisms of Plant Defense Responses

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Genes for Incompatibility between Plants and Pathogens

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. An Overview of Active Disease Defense in Plants

      • N. T. Keen

      Pages 3-11

   3. Genetic Approaches to an Understanding of Specific Resistance Responses of Arabidopsis Thaliana Against Phytopathogenic Pseudomonads

      • Jeff Dangl, Thomas Debener, Maren Gerwin, Siegrid Kiedrowski, Claudia Ritter, Abdelhafid Bendahmane et al.

      Pages 12-23

   4. Avirulence Genes of the Tomato Pathogen Cladosporium Fulvum and their Exploitation in Molecular Breeding for Disease-Resistant Plants

      • Pierre J. G. M. De Wit, Guido F. J. M. Van Den Ackerveken, Paul M. J. Vossen, Matthieu H. A. J. Joosten, Ton J. Cozijnsen, Guy Honee et al.

      Pages 24-32

   5. Reverse Genetics as an Approach to Isolate a French Bean Resistance Gene Against Anthracnose

      • A. F. Adam, F. Creusot, J. Grisvard, M. Sevignac, N. Choisne, M. Dron

      Pages 33-36

   6. Repetitive Motifs in the avrBs3 Avirulence Gene Family Determine Specificity of Resistance to Xanthomonas Campestris pv. Vesicatoria

      • Jutta Conrads-Strauch, Ilse Balbo, Ulla Bonas

      Pages 37-40

   7. Reciprocal Induction of Repeated DNA Amplification in an in vitro Host-Parasite System (Lycopersicon aesculentum - Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici)

      • C. Schipani, M. L. Guardiola, F. Martena, C. Simeti, P. Bettini, P. Bogani et al.

      Pages 41-44

   8. Functional Analysis of the MLG Resistance Locus in Barley

      • R. Görg, K. Hollricher, P. Schulze-Lefert

      Pages 45-48

   9. Short articles

      1. Genetic Study of Host-Parasite Relationship in the <i>Oryza Sativa-Magnaporthe Grisea</i> Pathosystem

         • D. Tharreau, D. Silue, J. L. Notteghem

         Pages 49-49

      2. Characterisation and Mapping of Bacterial Wilt Resistance Genes

         • Philippe Thoquet, Sarah Stephens, Nigel Grimsley

         Pages 50-50

3. Pathogenicity Genes and Signals for Establishment of Infection

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Bacterial Genes Required for Pathogenicity: Interactions between Xanthomonas and Crucifers

      • M. J. Daniels, C. E. Barber, J. M. Dow, B. Han, S. A. Liddle, M. A. Newman et al.

      Pages 53-63

   3. The Interaction between Fungal Endopolygalacturonase and Plant Cell Wall Pgip (Polygalacturonase-Inhibiting Protein)

      • F. Cervone, G. De Lorenzo, C. Caprari, A. J. Clark, A. Desiderio, A. Devoto et al.

      Pages 64-67

   4. A Protein from Apple Leaves Inhibits Pectinolytic Activity of Venturia Inaequalis in Vitro

      • M. Müller, C. Gessler

      Pages 68-71

   5. Expression of Erwinia Chrysanthemi Pectinase Genes During Infection of Potato Tuber

      • E. Lojkowska, C. Dorel, P. Reignault, N. Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat, J. Robert-Baudouy

      Pages 72-75

   6. Purification and Characterisation of Pectin Lyase from Erwinia Carotovora Subsp. Atroseptica Strain Scri 1043

      • V. Godfrey, M. C. M. Perombelon

      Pages 76-78

   7. Short articles

      1. Cloning of the Pectic Lyase Gene of <i>Pseudomonas marginalis</i>

         • A. Al-Najjar, P. Cornelis, N. Koedam, E. Wittouck

         Pages 79-79

      2. Regulation of Polygalacturonases of <u>Botrytis</u> <u>Cinerea</u>

         • G. Van Der Cruyssen, O. Kamoen

         Pages 80-80

      3. Purification and Characterisation of Pectinmethyl-Esterase Produced by <i>Botrytis Cinerea</i>. Serological Comparison with Pectinmethylesterase from <i>Erwinia Chrysanthemi</i> and <i>Glycine Max</i>

         • P. Reignault, M. Boccara, M. Mercier, B. Lepen, G. Bompeix

         Pages 81-81

Research on the mechanisms of plant defense responses to stress and pathogen attack has attracted much attention in recent years. This increasing interest stems from the fact that the tools of molecular biology now enable us to study the molecular basis of old biological concepts such as host-pathogen recognition (and particularly the gene­ for-gene relationship), hypersensitive cell death and systemic acquired resistance. Our knowledge about avirulence and resistance genes, elicitors, signal transduction and genes involved in plant defense is rapidly expanding. Moreover we are just beginning to test in planta the potential of these results for biotechnological applications, aimed at improving plant resistance to diseases. The 2nd Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology, hosted by the "Societe Fran~aise de Phytopathologie", was devoted to "Mechanisms of plant defense responses" and was held in Strasbourg, France. It brought together over 350 scientists from universities, research institutes and private sectors of 24 countries. Major advances in the areas under study have been reviewed in plenary lectures and are developed in the main articles of this book. Over 160 high-quality posters were presented and are summarized in short articles. Data from outstanding posters, which were discussed after a short oral presentation, are found in extended articles. As a whole the book presents a collection of papers arranged in six sections and reflecting the present day state-of-the-art of research in the field of plant defense reactions.

• Expression
• Pathogen
• biotechnology
• gene expression
• regulation

• Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France

  Bernard Fritig, Michel Legrand

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