Offers scientists, students and practitioners a comprehensive and concise survey of the interactions between plants and phytopathogenic fungi and the mechanisms they are based on.

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Contenu
1 Introduction.- 2 Recognition, the First Step in Interaction Between Plant and Pathogen.- 3 Activities of Phytopathogenic Fungi when Colonizing Their Host Plants.- 4 Taxonomy of Phytopathogenic Fungi.- 5 Plant Defense Strategies Against Phytopathogenic Fungi.- 6 Basic Resistance: The Absence of Parasitism of Non-Host Plants by Phytopathogenic Fungi.- 7 Basic Compatibility: The Colonization of Host Plants by Pathogenic Fungi.- 8 Phytotoxins: The Weapons of Necrotrophic Phytopathogenic Fungi.- 9 Host Plant Resistance: Cultivar- or Parasite-Specific Resistance.- 10 Host Plant Tolerance.- 11 Induced Resistance.- 12 Evolution of Plant-Pathogen Interaction Its Influence on Breeding of Disease Resistant Crops in Agriculture.- 13 Glossary: Explanation of some Terms Utilized in Biology and Plant Pathology.