Since the publication of the first edition of "The Mycota Vol. V - Plant Relationships" in 1997, tremendous advances in fungal molecular biology and biochemistry have taken place; and both light and electron microscopical techniques have improved considerably. These new insights led to a better understanding of the relationships between fungi and plants; and a completely revised new edition of Plant Relationships could be produced, providing an up-to-date overview on mutualistic and pathogenic interactions.

In 18 chapters internationally acknowledged authors present reviews on fungal lifestyles, mechanisms of their interactions with their host plants, signal perception and transduction, and plant defense responses directed against attack by fungal pathogens.

Highlighting the recent developments in fungus-plant interactions, this volume is indispensable for researchers, lecturers and students in microbiology, mycology and plant sciences, including plant pathology.

Profiles in Pathogenesis and Mutualism

Cellular and Molecular Biology of Phytophthora-Plant Interactions
Botrytis cinerea: Molecular Aspects of a Necrotrophic Life Style
Profiles in Pathogenesis and Mutualism: Powdery Mildews
The Uredinales: Cytology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology
The Sebacinoid Fungus Piriformospora indica: an Orchid Mycorrhiza Which May Increase Host Plant Reproduction and Fitness
Mechanisms of Pathogenic and Mutualistic Interactions
Biomechanics of Spore Release in Phytopathogens
Gene for Gene Models and Beyond: the Cladosporium fulvum-Tomato Pathosystem
The cAMP Signaling and MAP Kinase Pathways in Plant Pathogenic Fungi
The Secretome of Plant-Associated Fungi and Oomycetes
From Tools of Survival to Weapons of Destruction: The Role of Cell Wall-Degrading Enzymes in Plant Infection
Photoactivated Perylenequinone Toxins in Plant Pathogenesis
Programmed Cell Death in Fungus-Plant Interactions
The Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis: a Marriageof Convenience
Establishment and Functioning of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas
Epichloë Endophytes: Clavicipitaceous Symbionts of Grasses
Lichen-Forming Fungi and Their Photobionts
Plant Response
Signal Perception and Transduction in Plants
Defence Responses in Plants.