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First published in 1977, this volume is a short and integrated account of the dynamic mechanisms involved in the defence of plant cells against attack by parasitic bacteria and fungi. The central interest of the volume is with the processes by which plant cells perceive the approach of an intruder and occasionally permit, but usually discourage, its further progress. How do the genes of host and parasite communicate to determine the outcome of attempted parasitism? Is there a universal defence mechanism in all plants and, if so, what is it? What contribution does the much studied process of phytoalexin formation make to the defence of plants? These are the main questions considered by Professor Deverall, and they are approached from a basis of our understanding of the genetical, cytological and biochemical interactions between plants and parasites. Plant pathologists, mycologists, botanists, microbiologists, plant physiologists and plant biochemists who are professionally concerned with plant disease will find that this monograph reviews past advances in an area that was once the subject of much attention, and provides suggestions for solving some of the problems.
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CAMBRIDGE MONOGRAPHS IN EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY No. 19
EDITORS:
P. W. BRIAN J. W. S. PRINGLE
DEFENCE MECHANISMS OF PLANTS
T H E SERIES 1
v. B. WIGGLESWORTH.
2
G. H. BE ALE.
The Physiology of Insect Metamorphosis
The Genetics of Paramecium aurelia
3
G. v. T. MATTHEWS.
4
A. D. LEES.
Bird Navigation. 2nd edition
The Physiology of Diapause in Arthropods
5
E. B. EDNEY.
6
LILIAN E. HAWKER,
7
R. A. BEATTY. Parthenogenesis and Polyploidy in Mammalian Development
8
G. HOYLE.
The Water Relations of Terrestrial Arthropods The Physiology of Reproduction in Fungi
Comparative Physiology of the Nervous Control of
Muscular Contraction 9
j . w. s. PRINGLE.
Insect Flight
10
D. B. CARLISLE and SIR FRANCIS KNOWLES.
11
DAVID D. DAVIES.
12
W.H.THORPE.
Endocrine Control
in Crustaceans Intermediary Metabolism in Plants
Bird-song
13 JANET E. HARKER. 14 j . E. TREHERNE.
The Physiology of Diurnal Rhythms
The Neurochemistry of Arthropods
15 R. N. ROBERTSON.
Protons,
Electrons,
Phosphorylation
and
Active Transport 16
GEORGE SALT.
The Cellular Defence Reactions of Insects
D. w. T. CROMPTON. An Ecological Approach to Acanthocephalan Physiology 18 G. H. SATCHELL. Circulation in Fishes 17
DEFENCE MECHANISMS OF PLANTS BY
Emeritus Professor B. J. Deverall Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources University of Sydney
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE LONDON ' NEW YORK • MELBOURNE
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Delhi Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521112857 © Cambridge University Press 1977 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1977 Reprinted 1979 This digitally printed version 2009 A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Deverall, Brian J. Defence mechanisms o