Plant Pathogens

Many plant diseases are caused by living organisms (called pathogens) such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, phytoplasmas, protozoa, and parasitic plants. New diseases and changes in existing pathogens remain a constant threat to our forests, food and fibre crops, and landscape plants, making this study essential to today's economy, health, and society.

Selected Contents: Theme and Variations in the Evolutionary Pathways to Virulence of an RNA Plant Virus Species; Large Bottleneck Size in Cauliflower Mosaic Virus Populations During Host Plant Colonization; Quorum Sensing Coordinates Brute Force; Diversification of Rice Yellow Mottle Virus and Related Viruses; Defence Reactions in the Apoplastic Proteome; Systemic Resistance and Lipoxygenase-Related Defence Response; Host-Plant-Mediated Effects of Nadefensin; Roles of Arabidopsis WRKY3 and WRKY4 Transcription Factors in Plant Responses to Pathogens; Integrated Regulation of the Type III Secretion System and Other Virulence Determinants; Rapid and Dynamic Subcellular Reorganization; Imbalanced Lignin Biosynthesis; Multiple Infections by theAnther Smut Pathogen...