Plant Relationships

Part I. Pathogenic Fungus – Plant Interactions.- Modulation of Host Immunity and Development by Ustilago Maydis.- RNA Dialogues in Fungal-Plant Relationships.- The Role of Tox Effector Proteins in the Parastagonospora Nodorum-Wheat Interaction.- Part II. Mutualistic Fungus – Plant Interactions.- Genomes of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi.- Diversity of Seed Endophytes: Causes and Implications.- Lichens and Their Allies Past and Present.- Lichen Fungal Secondary Metabolites: Progress in the Genomic Era Towards Ecological Roles in the Interaction.- Part III. Sensing and Signalling in Fungus-Plant Interactions.- Regulation of Plant Infection Processes by MAP Kinase Pathways in Ascomycetous Pathogens.- Role of pH in the Control of Fungal MAPK Signalling and Pathogenicity.- Role of Volatile Organic Compounds in Establishment of the Trichoderma-Plant Interaction.- Part IV. Regulation of Fungal Gene Expression and Development.- Epigenetic Regulation of Fungal Genes Involved in Plant Colonization.- Toward Understanding the Role of Chromatin in Secondary Metabolite Gene Regulation in the Rice Pathogen Fusarium Fujikuroi.- The Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe Oryzae Uses a Turgor-Dependent, Septin-Mediated Mechanism to Invade Rice.- Role of Light in the Life Cycle of Botrytis Cinerea.- Part V. Genomes and Evolution.- Species of Zymoseptoria (Dothideomycetes) as a Model System to Study Plant Pathogen Genome Evolution.- Accessory Chromosomes of the Fusarium Oxysporum Species Complex and Their Contribution to Host Niche Adaptation.- Part VI. Global Pandemics and Food Security.- Global Landscape of Rust Epidemics by Puccinia Species: Current and Future Perspectives.- Magnaporthe oryzae and Its Pathotypes: A Potential Plant Pandemic Threat to Global Food Security.