Defense Mechanisms of Woody Plants Against Fungi

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XX

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2. Mechanisms of Resistance to Fungi in Woody Plants: A Historical Perspective

   • W. Merrill

   Pages 1-12

3. Anatomical and Physiological Responses of Bark Tissues to Mechanical Injury

   • A. R. Biggs

   Pages 13-40

4. Responses of Angiosperm Bark Tissues to Fungi Causing Cankers and Canker Rots

   • A. R. Biggs

   Pages 41-61

5. Responses of Gymnosperm Bark Tissues to Fungal Infections

   • S. Woodward

   Pages 62-75

6. Anatomical Responses of Xylem to Injury and Invasion by Fungi

   • R. A. Blanchette

   Pages 76-95

7. Microenvironmental Aspects of Xylem Defenses to Wood Decay Fungi

   • L. Boddy

   Pages 96-132

8. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Defense Reactions in the Xylem of Angiosperm Trees

   • L. C. Duchesne, M. Hubbes, R. S. Jeng

   Pages 133-146

9. Biochemistry of Gymnosperm Xylem Responses to Fungal Invasion

   • T. Yamada

   Pages 147-164

10. Mechanisms of Defense in Gymnosperm Roots to Fungal Invasion

    • S. Woodward

    Pages 165-180

11. Defense of Angiosperm Roots Against Fungal Invasion

    • M. R. Nicole, J. P. Geiger, D. Nandris

    Pages 181-206

12. Defense Mechanisms in Leaves and Fruit of Trees to Fungal Infection

    • J. E. Adaskaveg

    Pages 207-245

13. Anatomy of Resistant and Susceptible Pines to Fusiform Rust

    • F. F. Jewell Sr., D. C. Jewell

    Pages 246-256

14. Anatomical and Physiological Aspects of Resistance to Dutch Elm Disease

    • G. B. Ouellette, D. Rioux

    Pages 257-307

15. Resistance in Aspen to Hypoxylon Canker

    • P. D. Manion, D. H. Griffin

    Pages 308-320

16. Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Tree Defense Against Fungal Pathogens of Roots

    • N. E. Strobel, W. A. Sinclair

    Pages 321-353

17. Tree Defense Mechanisms Against Fungi Associated with Insects

    • K. F. Raffa, K. D. Klepzig

    Pages 354-390

18. Water Relations in Trees and Responses to Infection

    • K. Suzuki

    Pages 391-404

19. Applications of Tissue Culture for Studying Tree Defense Mechanisms

    • M. E. Ostry, D. D. Skilling

    Pages 405-423

20. Immunocytochemistry of Fungal Infection Processes in Trees

    • R. A. Blanchette, A. R. Abad

    Pages 424-444

For the past decade, it has been apparent to both of us that a reference text covering all aspects of tree defense mechanisms to fungi was missing, needed and long overdue. Such a book would provide a clear, comprehensive overview of how living roots, stems and leaves respond to fungal pathogens. The need for such a book became in­ creasingly clear to us from our conversations with each other, as well as from our interactions with students and colleagues who desired a sourcebook containing reviews of morphological, biochemical and physiological aspects of host-parasite interactions in trees. During a field trip sponsored by the Forest Pathology Committee of the Ameri­ can Phytopathological Society, on a bus from one site to another, we decided to take the responsibility to prepare a book of this type and began to plan its composition. To adequately address the topic of this book as we had envisioned it, we believed that well-illustrated chapters were needed in order to reflect the important advances made by the many investigators who have examined the anatomical and physiological changes that occur when trees are attacked by fungi. We are grateful to Dr. Tore Timell, the Wood Science editor for Springer-Verlag, for supporting our efforts and for providing an avenue to publish such a profusely il­ lustrated volume.

• Baum
• Forstwirtschaft
• Holz
• Phytopathologie
• Pilz
• forestry
• mycology
• phytopathology
• tree
• biology
• defense mechanism
• forest
• fungi
• molecular biology
• mycorrhiza
• Pathogen
• plants
• roots
• wood
• Woody plant

• Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA

  Robert A. Blanchette

• Fruit Research Laboratory, West Virginia University, Kearneyville, USA

  Alan R. Biggs

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