Summary Microorganisms, or 'microbes', have formed intimate associations with plants
throughout the length of their evolutionary history. In extant plant systems microbes still …

Dothideomycetes is the largest class of kingdom Fungi and comprises an incredible diversity
of lifestyles, many of which have evolved multiple times. Plant pathogens represent a major …

Wood remains the world's most abundant and renewable resource for timber and pulp and
is an alternative to fossil fuels. Understanding the molecular regulation of wood formation …

Long-lived tree species need to cope with changing environments and pathogens during
their lifetime. Fungal diseases cause damage to trees growth and forest nurseries. As model …

Populus has been investigated as a promising biomass feedstock for alternative fuels and
chemicals. Physicochemical characteristics and genomic information of biomass feedstocks …

Protease inhibitors (PIs) are important biotechnological tools of interest in agriculture.
Usually they are the first proteins to be activated in plant-induced resistance against …

Carbon starvation is the current leading hypothesis of plant mortality mechanisms under
drought stress; recently, it is also used to explain tree die-off in plant diseases. However, the …

Fungal effectors play critical roles in manipulating plant immune responses and promoting
colonization. Sphaerulina musiva is a heterothallic ascomycete fungus that causes Septoria …

Foliar endophyte communities and leaf traits in tropical trees Page 194 CHAPTER 6 Foliar
Endophyte Communities and Leaf Traits in Tropical Trees Sunshine Van Bael, Catalina Estrada …

Abstracts It has been demonstrated that a number of metals including mercury (Hg), zinc
(Zn), cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), lead (Pb), copper (Cu), and nickel (Ni) decrease seed …