Advances in botanical research : incorporating advances in plant pathology. Vol. 26

Advances in Botanical Research is a multi-volume publication that brings together reviews by recognized experts on subjects of importance to those involved in botanical research. For more than thirty years, Advances in Botanical Research has earned a reputation for excellence in the field. For those working on plant pathology, Advances in Plant Pathology has also carved a niche in the plant sciences during its decade of publication. Academic Press has merged Advances in Plant Pathology into Advances in Botanical Research . The plant science community will find that the merger of these two serials will provide one comprehensive resource for the field. To ensure complete coverage, John Andrews and Inez Tommerup, the editors of Advances in Plant Pathology , have joined the editorial board of the new series, which will include equal coverage of plant pathology and botany in both thematic and mixed volumes. The first fewvolumes of the new series will be slanted toward botany or plant pathology; however, future eclectic volumes will be fully integrated. The resulting synergy of these two serials greatly benefits the plant science community by providing a more comprehensive resource under one roof. The joint aim is to continue to include the very best articles, thereby maintaining the status of a high impact factor review series. Harmonious, integrated functioning of the whole plant system requires that its various cells, tissues and organs should be able to communicate with each other, transferring a range of information on environmental conditions, physiological and microbial stresses etc. In this volume of Advances in Botanical Research incorporating Advances in Plant Pathology three articles are concerned with different aspects of plant signalling. McDonald and Davis consider how shoot systems respond to drying and N-deficient soil, in terms of their stomatal behaviour and growth, via the transmission of root-derived chemical signals. Malone considers the major hypotheses that have been proposed with particular attention being given to hydraulic pressure signals and the hydraulic dispersal of chemical signals. At a different, intracellular level of communication, a wide variety of second messengers couple extracellular stimuli to a characteristic physiological response. Webb et al . Consider progress made in establishing similar roles for calcium in plant signalling in the context of the mammalian paradigms. The effects of UV-B radiation on plants have been extensively investigated in recent years. Jordan considers progress in understanding the chain of events from perception of UV-B to signal transduction and consequent changes in gene expression and regulation. Smith and Smith assess the various hypotheses erected over the years to explain structure and function of the host-parasite interface formed by vesticular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhizas, an important and widespread mutualistic symbioses of a wide range of higher and some lower plants Content: Editor-in-Chief Page ii Series editor Page iii Copyright page Page iv Contributors to Volume 26 Page xi List of Colour Plates Page x Preface Pages xx-xxi J.A. Callow Developments in the Biological Control of Soil-borne Plant Pathogens Original Research Article Pages 1-134 J.M. Whipps Plant Proteins that Confer Resistance to Pests and Pathogens Original Research Article Pages 135-170,A170,B170,C170,D170,171-192 Peter R. Shewry, John A. Lucas The Net Primary Productivity and Water Use of Forests in the Geological Past Original Research Article Pages 193-227 D.J. Beerling Molecular Control of Flower Development in Petunia hybrida Original Research Article Pages 229-250 Lucia Colombo, Arjen J. van Tunen, Hans J.M. Dons, Gerco C. Angenent The Regulation of C 4 Photosynthesis Original Research Article Pages 251-316 R.C. Leegood Heterogeneity in Stomatal Characteristics Original Research Article Pages 317-352 Jonathan D.B. Weyers, Tracy Lawson Author Index Pages 353-369 Subject Index Pages 370-376 This volume brings together reviews by experts on subjects of importance to those involved in botanical research. "Advances in Plant Pathology" has been merged into "Advances in Botanical Research" to provide one comprehensive resource for the field. Reactive oxygen intermediates (ROIs) are a consequence of aerobic metabolism and in plants are constantly generated as a consequence of photosynthesis (Alscher et al., 1997).