Plant-Microbe Interactions, Volume 1

This new series will cover all aspects of research on plant-microbe interactions, including beneficial plant symbioses such as symbiotic nitrogen fixation, plant pathology, plant genetics, molecular biology, agronomy, ecology, and phytochemistry. Over the past several years there has been a tremendous increase in our knowledge of plant-microbe relationships other than the Agrobacterium tumefaciens-crown gall complex and the nitrogen-fixing activites of Rhizobium species. The classical plant science disciplines (agronomy, breeding plant physiology, and systematics) in general have been strongly impacted by plant molecular biology, and concerns about environmental issues have also influenced the development of this new research."The Plant-Microbe Interactions" series will be of particular interest to professional researchers and graduate students interested in the interactions between bacteris and plants, including on the beneficial side nitrogen fixation and mycorrhizal associations, and on the other side interactions between plants and microbial pathogens. Plant molecular biologists and biotechnologists, and plant pathologists will also find this a valuable series.

Molecular cloning of plant disease resistance genes - Gregory B. Martin; Transgenic plants for disease control - Luis Herrera-Hestrella, Laura Silva Rosales, and Rafael Rivera-Bustamante; Systemic acquired resistance - Urs Neuenschwander, Kay Lawton, and John Ryals; Interactions of grasses with endophytic Epichloe species and hybrids - Christopher L. Schardl; Pathogenesis and sexual development of the smut fungi - J.W. Kronstad; Current concepts in the use of introduced bacteria for biological disease control: mechanisms and antifungal metabolites - Linda S. Thomashow and David M. Weller; Legume signals to rhizobial symbionts: a new approach for defining rhizosphere colonization - Donald A. Philips and Wolfgang R. Streit; Nodulation factors - Jean Claude Prome and Nathalie Demont.