Volume V, consisting of two parts (A and B) of circa ten volumes of the new handbook series on fungi, deals with interactions between fungi and plants. On the one hand, fungi as pathogens and, on the other hand, associations by which both partners - the fungus and the plant - profit are treated. Both aspects are of special importance to agriculture.

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Part A and Part B of the fifth of twelve volumes of The Mycota deal with the mechanisms of interactions between fungi and plants and consider pathogenic as well as mutualistic associations.
Nobody involved in the manipulation of plant populations can afford to ignore the fungi, so pervasive and important are fungus/plant interactions for the well-being of plant communities, both managed and natural. Consequently, these volumes will be of interest to a broad range of professionals involved in agriculture, forestry, horticulture, and conservation as well as plant pathology, mycology, ecology, and evolution.

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to Part A and Part B: Fungus/Plant Interactions - An Overview.- External Interactions.- 1 Adhesion of Spores and Hyphae to Plant Surfaces.- 2 Physical and Chemical and Cues for Spore Germination and Appressorium Formation by Fungal Pathogens.- Fungal Invasion and Plant Responses.- 3 Breaching the Outer Barriers - Cuticle and Cell Wall Penetration.- 4 Fungal Invasion Enzymes and Their Inhibition.- 5 Signals in Host-Parasite Interactions.- 6 Pathogenesis-Related Proteins and Plant Defense.- 7 Fungal Phytotoxins: Biosynthesis and Activity.- 8 Cochliobolus spp. and Their Host-Specific Toxins.- 9 Fungal Phytohormones in Pathogenic and Mutualistic Associations.- 10 Toxin Production in Grass/Endophyte Associations.- 11 Metabolic Interactions at the Mycobiont-Photobiont Interface in Lichens.- 12 Altered Gene Expression During Ectomycorrhizal Development.- Biosystematic Index.