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This volume of Advances in Botanical Research incorporating Advances in Plant Pathology includes five reviews on a variety of topics including:* Foliar Endophytes and Their Interactions with Host Plants, with Specific Reference to the Gymnospermae* Plants in Search of Sunlight* The Mechanics of Root Anchorage* Molecular Genetics of Sulphate Assimilation* Pathogenecity, Host-specificity, and Population Biology of Taesia spp, Causal Agents of Eyespot Disease of Cereals
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Advances in BOTANICAL RESEARCH incorporating Advances in Plant Pathology Editor-in-Chief J.A.CALLOW School of Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK Editorial Board J. S. HESLOP-HARRISON M.KREIS R.A. LEIGH E. LORD D. G. MANN P.R.SHEWRY I. C. TOMMERUP John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK Universite de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK University of California, Riverside, USA Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UK IACR-LongAshton Research Station, UK CSIRO, Perth, Australia CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 33 P. W. CROUS Department of Plant Pathology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag XI, Matieland, 7602, South Africa P. S. DYER Microbiology Division, School ofBiological Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK A. R. ENNOS School ofBiological Sciences, University ofManchester, 3.614 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK M. J. HAWKESFORD IARC-Rothamsted, Biochemistry and Physiology Department, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK D. KOLLER Plant Biophysics Laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel W.-M. KRIEL Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa J. A. LUCAS IACR-Long Ashton Research Station, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bristol, Long Ashton, Bristol BS41 9AF, UK T. D. MURRAY Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6430, USA W. J. SWART Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa J. L. WRAY Plant Sciences Laboratory, Sir Harold Macmillan Building, Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9TH, UK CONTENTS OF VOLUMES 21-32 Contents of Volume 21 Defence Responses of Plants to Pathogens E. KOMBRINK and I. E. SOMSSICH On the Nature and Genetic Basis for Resistance and Tolerance to Fungal Wilt Diseases of Plants C. H. BECKMAN and E. M. ROBERTS Implication of Population Pressure on Agriculture and Ecosystems A. H. EHRLICH Plant Virus Infection: Another Point of View G. A. DE ZOETEN The Pathogens and Pests of Chestnuts S. L. ANAGNOSTAKIS Fungal Avirulence Genes and Plant Resistance Genes: Unraveling the Molecular Basis of Gene-for-Gene Interactions P. J. G. M. DE WIT Phytoplasmas: Can Phylogeny Provide the Means to Understand Pathogenicity? B. C. KIRKPATRICK and C. D. SMART Use of Categorical Information and Correspondence Analysis in Plant Disease Epidemiology xii CONTENTS OF VOLUMES 21-32 S. SAVARY, L. V. MADDEN, J. C. ZADOKS and H. W. KLEINGEBBINCK Contents of Volume 22 Mutualism and Parasitism: Diversity in Function and Structure in the 'Arbuscular' (VA) Mycorrhizal Symbiosis EA. SMITH and S. E. SMITH Calcium Ions as Intracellular Second Messengers in Higher Plants A. A. R. WEBB, M. R. McAINSH, J. E. TAYLOR and I. M. HETHERINGTON The Effects of Ultraviolet-B Radiation on Plants: A Molecular Perspective B.R.JORDAN Rapid, Long-Distance Signal Transmission in Higher Plants M.MALONE Keeping in Touch: Responses of the Whole Plant to Deficits in Water and Nitrogen Supply A. J. S. McDONALD and W. J. DAVIES Contents of Volume 23 PATHOGEN INDEXING TECHNOLOGIES The Value of Indexing for Di