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This book is a collection of papers presented at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Biology and Molecular Biology of Plant-Pathogen Interactions" which was held at Dillington College, Ilminster, UK, 1-6 September 1985. It had been preceded by Advanced Study Institutes at Porte Conte, Sardinia in 1975 and at Cape Sounion, Greece in 1981. In recent years, methods for the manipulation and transfer of genes have revolutionized our understanding of gene structure and function. It was thus opportune to bring together scientists from distinct disciplines, e. g. plant pathology, cytology, biochemistry and molecular biology to discuss our present understanding of cellular interactions between plants. We also explored how the potential offered by the newer molecular technologies could best be realized. It soon became evident at the Workshop, and is a repeated theme of this publication, that future research will need concentrated multi disciplinary programmes. Many of the new approaches will be valuable. For example, immunocytochemistry does, for the first time, allow molecules to be located precisely within infected tissues. Equally, the methods of DNA isolation and gene transformation will facilitate the isolation and characterization of genes associated with pathogenesis and specificity. The description at the Workshop of immunocytochemical protocols and of transformation systems for pathogenic fungi have already stimulated an upsurge in research on plant-pathogen relationships. The papers discuss many interactions between plants and fungal and bacterial pathogens, but also provide a comparison with mycorrhizal and symbiotic relationships, and those involving mycoparasites.
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Biology and Molecular Biology of Plant-Pathogen Interactions NATO ASI Series Advanced Science Institutes Series A series presenting the results of activities sponsored by the NA TO Science Committee, which aims at the dissemination of advanced scientific and technological knowledge, with a view to strengthening links between scientific communities. The Series is published by an international board of publishers in conjunction with the NATO Scientific Affairs Division A Life Sciences B Physics Plenum Publishing Corporation London and New York C Mathematical and Physical Sciences D. Reidel Publishing Company Dordrecht, Boston and Lancaster D Behavioural and Social Sciences E Applied Sciences Martinus Nijhoff Publishers Boston, The Hague, Dordecht and Lancaster F Computer and Systems Sciences G Ecological Sciences H Cell Biology Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Tokyo Series H: Cell Biology Vol. 1 Biology and Molecular Biology of Plant-Pathogen Interactions Edited by John A. Bailey Long Ashton Research Station Long Ashton, Bristol, United Kingdom Springer -Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Tokyo Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Divison Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Biology and Molecular Biology of Plant-Pathogen Interactions held at Dillington College, IIminster, U.K., September 1-6, 1985. ISBN-13: 978-3-642-82851-5 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-82849-2 e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-82849-2 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translating, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broad castings, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to "Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort". Munich. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1986 Soticover reprint ofthe hardcover 1st edition 1986 2131/314