This book, written as a text for degree level teaching, provides an introduction to the
physiological, biochemical and anatomical processes determining crop yields. It is divided …

Localised changes in photosynthesis in oat leaves infected with the biotrophic rust fungus
Puccinia coronata Corda were examined at different stages of disease development by …

summary Infection of barley leaves with powdery mildew results in an increase in the activity
of acid invertase, concomitant with an accumulation of glucose, fructose and sucrose in the …

Tritrophic interactions involving a biocontrol agent, a pathogen and a plant have been
analyzed predominantly from the perspective of the biocontrol agent. We have conducted …

Experiments were designed to clone and identify genes of the fungal phytopathogen
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides expressed at high levels during growth on the compatible …

The effects of cold on protein and RNA metabolism in leaves of rice (Oryza sativa L.)
seedlings were investigated. Treatment with a diurnal cycle of 15/10° C or 11/6° C for up to 1 …

Expression of plant defences is often assumed to be costly, requiring diversion of resources
away from plant growth and development. However, very little information exists on the costs …

ABSTRACT Albugo candida (pers.) O. Kuntze (white blister rust) is a biotrophic fungus which
infects cruciferous plants including Arabidopsis thaliana (L) Heynh. We report the effect of …

Six-week-old tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum L., cv. SR-1) were fumigated with different,
but defined and realistic combinations of NO2, automobile exhaust and ozone for two days …

Photosynthesis was examined in discrete regions of leek (Allium porrum L.) leaves infected
with the rust, Puccinia allii Rud. Oxygen evolution, expressed on both a chlorophyll and a …