BMC Plant Biology - 12 (February), 2012

Contents:


Dissecting genetic architecture of grape proanthocyanidin composition through quantitative trait locus mapping

Yung-Fen Huang, Agnes Doligez, Alexandre Fournier-Level, Loic Le Cunff, Yves Bertrand, Aurélie Canaguier, Cécile Morel, Valérie Miralles, Frédéric Veran, Jean-Marc Souquet, Véronique Cheynier, Nancy Terrier, Patrice This


Bioinformatic identification of cassava miRNAs differentially expressed in response to infection by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis

Álvaro L. Pérez-Quintero, Andrés Quintero, Oscar Urrego, Pablo Vanegas, Camilo López


Identification of wounding and topping responsive small RNAs in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

She Tang, Yu Wang, Zefeng Li, Yijie Gui, Bingguang Xiao, Jiahua Xie, Qian-Hao Zhu, Longjiang Fan


Combinatorial analysis of lupulin gland transcription factors from R2R3Myb, bHLH and WDR families indicates a complex regulation of chs_H1 genes essential for prenylflavonoid biosynthesis in hop (Humulus Lupulus L.)

Jaroslav Matoušek, Tomáš Kocábek, Josef Patzak, Zoltán Füssy, Jitka Procházková, Arne Heyerick


Fostered and left behind alleles in peanut: interspecific QTL mapping reveals footprints of domestication and useful natural variation for breeding

Daniel Fonceka, Hodo-Abalo Tossim, Ronan Rivallan, Hélene Vignes, Issa Faye, Ousmane Ndoye, Márcio C. Moretzsohn, David J. Bertioli, Jean-Christophe Glaszmann, Brigitte Courtois, Jean-François Rami


Microsatellite allele dose and configuration establishment (MADCE): an integrated approach for genetic studies in allopolyploids

Thijs van Dijk, Yolanda Noordijk, Tiphaine Dubos, Marco C.A.M. Bink, Bert J. Meulenbroek, Richard G.F. Visser, Eric van de Weg 


Comprehensive analysis of tobacco pollen transcriptome unveils common pathways in polar cell expansion and underlying heterochronic shift during spermatogenesis

Said Hafidh, Katarína Breznenová, Petr Růžička, Jana Feciková, Věra Čapková, David Honys


AMS-dependent and independent regulation of anther transcriptome and comparison with those affected by other Arabidopsis anther genes

Xuan Ma, Baomin Feng, Hong Ma


The cold-induced basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor gene MdCIbHLH1 encodes an ICE-like protein in apple

Xiao-Ming Feng, Qiang Zhao, Ling-Ling Zhao, Yu Qiao, Xing-Bin Xie, Hui-Feng Li, Yu-Xin Yao, Chun-Xiang You, Yu-Jin Hao


Functional alleles of the flowering time regulator FRIGIDA in the Brassica oleracea genome

Judith A. Irwin, Clare Lister, Eleni Soumpourou, Yanwen Zhang, Elaine C. Howell, Graham Teakle, Caroline Dean


Comparative transcriptome analysis of stylar canal cells identifies novel candidate genes implicated in the self-incompatibility response of Citrus clementina

Marco Caruso, Paz Merelo, Gaetano Distefano, Stefano La Malfa, Angela Lo Piero, Francisco R. Tadeo, Manuel Talon, Alessandra Gentile


Characterization of a calcium/calmodulin-regulated SR/CAMTA gene family during tomato fruit development and ripening

Tianbao Yang, Hui Peng, Bruce D. Whitaker, William S. Conway


Identification of novel microRNAs in Hevea brasiliensis and computational prediction of their targets

Virginie Gébelin, Xavier Argout, Worrawat Engchuan, Bertrand Pitollat, Cuifang Duan, Pascal Montoro, Julie Leclercq


Organ specificity and transcriptional control of metabolic routes revealed by expression QTL profiling of source--sink tissues in a segregating potato population

Bjorn Kloosterman, A.M. Anithakumari, Pierre-Yves Chibon, Marian Oortwijn, Gerard C. van der Linden, Richard GF Visser, Christian W.B. Bachem

Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 44 (19), 2011

Contents:
 Anandhan, S.; Sivalingam, P. N.; Satheesh, V.; Saritha, R. K.; Parameshwari, B.

Endophytic actinomycetes from Pinus thunbergii and their antifungal activity against Cylindrocladium sp.
 Kataoka, Ryota; Futai, Kazuyoshi

Effect of temperature and relative humidity on the rate of development, fecundity and life table parameters of the red spider mite Oligonychus mangiferus (Rahman and Sapra) (Acari: Tetranychidae)
 Abou-Awad, Badawi A.; Al-Azzazy, Mahmoud M.; Afia, Sahar I.

About the action of metabolites of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria Bacillus subtilis on plant salt tolerance (I)
 Stavropoulou, Archontia

Euserica modesta Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): a new record for a chafer insect pest attacking citrus orchards in Egypt
 Abdel-Moniem, A. S.H.

Side effects of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana on the predator Coccinella undecimpunctata
 Zaki, Fayez Nazir

Determination of anti-microbial properties of Ocimum viride concentrations on Rhizopus stolonifer infection and germination of soybean (Glycine max L. Merill)
 Ihejirika, G. O.

Phytotoxic effect of oxadiargyl on germination and early growth of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and maize (Zea mays L.)
 Nethra, N.S.; Jagannath, Shobha

PCR-based sensitive detection of Ralstonia solanacearum from soil, eggplant, seeds and weeds
 Ramesh, R.; Anthony, J.; Jaxon, T.C.D.; Gaitonde, S.; Achari, G.

Screening of banana bunchy top virus through multiplex PCR approach
 Chandrasekar, A.; Kalaiponmani, K.; Elayabalan, S.; Kumar, K. K.; Angappan, K.; Balasubramanian, P.

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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 44 (4), 2011

Contents:

Agro-ecological incidence and severity of Pepper veinal mottle virus, genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae, on cultivated pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in Nigeria
 Fajinmi, A. A.

Temperature response, pathogenicity, seed infection and mutant evaluation against Macrophomina phaseolina causing charcoal rot disease of sesame
 Akhtar, K. P.; Sarwar, G.; Arshad, H. M. I.

A survey of die-back disease of neem in Tamil Nadu, India and PCR-based confirmation of the isolates
 Nagendra Prasad, M.N.; Shankara Bhat, S.; Girish, K.

First record for the slug parasitic nematode, Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Schneider) in Egypt
  Genena, Marwa; Mostafa, Fatma; Fouly, A. H.; Yousef, A. A.

Deterioration of cashewnuts in Kerala state of India due to insect infestation along with the fungal incidence
 Sharma, Vishnupriya

Artificial diet for continuous maintenance of the maritima earwig Anisolabis maritima (Bonelli) (Dermaptera: Carcinophoridae)
 Sharaby, A.; Fallata, S. A.; Ibrahim, S. A.

Insecticidal effect of plant extracts on two termite species
 Elsayed, G.

The comparative efficacy of some botanicals for the control of the seed weevil Caryedon serratus Olivier (Col., Bruchidae) in seeds of Acacia seyal Del.
 El Atta, H.A.; Aref, I. M.; El Sheikh, A.

Efficacy of crude neem seed kernel oil (NSKO) in controlling the tree locust (Anacridium melanorhodon melanorhodon Walker), a serious pest of the gum arabic producing tree (Acacia senegal L. Willd.) in the Sudan
 El Atta, H.A.; Aref, I. M.; Mohager, M.

Antimicrobial activity of some 2-amino-5-subsituted pyridine derivatives
 El-Zemity, Saad

Identification and detectability of broad bean stain virus in broad bean seeds and effects on nodulation
 Abd El-Ghaffar, Mamdouh; Abo-El Maaty, Sabah; Mahmoud, Sabry

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Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection - 44 (4), 2011

Contents:

Agro-ecological incidence and severity of Pepper veinal mottle virus, genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae, on cultivated pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in Nigeria
 Fajinmi, A. A.

Temperature response, pathogenicity, seed infection and mutant evaluation against Macrophomina phaseolina causing charcoal rot disease of sesame
 Akhtar, K. P.; Sarwar, G.; Arshad, H. M. I.

A survey of die-back disease of neem in Tamil Nadu, India and PCR-based confirmation of the isolates
 Nagendra Prasad, M.N.; Shankara Bhat, S.; Girish, K.

First record for the slug parasitic nematode, Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Schneider) in Egypt
  Genena, Marwa; Mostafa, Fatma; Fouly, A. H.; Yousef, A. A.

Deterioration of cashewnuts in Kerala state of India due to insect infestation along with the fungal incidence
 Sharma, Vishnupriya

Artificial diet for continuous maintenance of the maritima earwig Anisolabis maritima (Bonelli) (Dermaptera: Carcinophoridae)
 Sharaby, A.; Fallata, S. A.; Ibrahim, S. A.

Insecticidal effect of plant extracts on two termite species
 Elsayed, G.

The comparative efficacy of some botanicals for the control of the seed weevil Caryedon serratus Olivier (Col., Bruchidae) in seeds of Acacia seyal Del.
 El Atta, H.A.; Aref, I. M.; El Sheikh, A.

Efficacy of crude neem seed kernel oil (NSKO) in controlling the tree locust (Anacridium melanorhodon melanorhodon Walker), a serious pest of the gum arabic producing tree (Acacia senegal L. Willd.) in the Sudan
 El Atta, H.A.; Aref, I. M.; Mohager, M.

Antimicrobial activity of some 2-amino-5-subsituted pyridine derivatives
 El-Zemity, Saad

Identification and detectability of broad bean stain virus in broad bean seeds and effects on nodulation
 Abd El-Ghaffar, Mamdouh; Abo-El Maaty, Sabah; Mahmoud, Sabry

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Plant Pathology - 60 (5-6), 2011

Plant Pathology - 60 (5), 2011



Contents:


Review


Spore traps need improvement to fulfil plant biosecurity requirements (pages 801–810)

S. L. Jackson and K. L. Bayliss


Original Articles


Direct evidence of surface infestation of seeds and tubers by Plasmodiophora brassicae and quantification of spore loads (pages 811–819)

D. C. Rennie, V. P. Manolii, T. Cao, S. F. Hwang, R. J. Howard and S. E. Strelkov


Influence of cultivar resistance and inoculum density on root hair infection of canola (Brassica napus) by Plasmodiophora brassicae (pages 820–829)

S. F. Hwang, H. U. Ahmed, Q. Zhou, S. E. Strelkov, B. D. Gossen, G. Peng and G. D. Turnbull


Effect of temperature on primary infection by Plasmodiophora brassicae and initiation of clubroot symptoms (pages 830–838)

K. Sharma, B. D. Gossen and M. R. McDonald


Characterization of the rust resistance gene present in the common bean cultivar Ouro Negro, the main rust resistance source used in Brazil (pages 839–845)

T. L. P. O. de Souza, S. N. Dessaune, D. A. Sanglard, M. A. Moreira and E. G. de Barros


Resistance to powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f.sp. avenae) in oat seedlings and adult plants (pages 846–856)

J. Sánchez-Martín, D. Rubiales and E. Prats


A simulation study on managing plant diseases by systematically altering spatial positions of cultivar mixture components between seasons (pages 857–865)

X.-M. Xu


Development and application of new molecular markers for analysis of genetic diversity in Verticillium dahliae populations (pages 866–877)

M. Berbegal, C. D. Garzón, A. Ortega, J. Armengol, R. M. Jiménez-Díaz and M. M. Jiménez-Gasco


Relative importance of different types of inoculum to the establishment of Mycosphaerella graminicola in wheat crops in north-west Europe (pages 878–889)

F. Suffert and I. Sache


Effects of temperature, water regime and irrigation system on the release of ascospores of Mycosphaerella nawae, causal agent of circular leaf spot of persimmon (pages 890–908)

A. Vicent, D. D. M. Bassimba and D. S. Intrigliolo


Phylogenetic and morphological identification of Colletotrichum boninense: a novel causal agent of anthracnose in avocado (pages 899–908)

H. V. Silva-Rojas and G. D. Ávila-Quezada


Trichothecene genotypes of Gibberella zeae from winter wheat fields in the eastern USA (pages 909–917)

D. G. Schmale, A. K. Wood-Jones, C. Cowger, G. C. Bergstrom and C. Arellano


Proteome analysis of Fusarium infection in emmer grains (Triticum dicoccum) (pages 918–928)

K. Eggert, C. Zörb, K. H. Mühling and E. Pawelzik


Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the barley pathogen Ramularia collo-cygni with fluorescent marker tags and live tissue imaging of infection development (pages 929–937)

A. Thirugnanasambandam, K. M. Wright, N. Havis, S. C. Whisson and A. C. Newton


Tracking Phytophthora infestans with SSR markers within and between seasons – a field study in Sweden (pages 938–945)

A.-K. Widmark, B. Andersson, M. Sandström and J. E. Yuen


A simple detached leaf assay provides rapid and inexpensive determination of pathogenicity of Pythium isolates to ‘all year round’ (AYR) chrysanthemum roots (pages 946–956)

T. R. Pettitt, M. F. Wainwright, A. J. Wakeham and J. G. White


Biological and genetic characterization of Phytophthora capsici mutants resistant to flumorph (pages 957–966)

Q. X. Meng, X. L. Cui, Y. Bi, Q. Wang, J. J. Hao and X. L. Liu


Resistance to Plum pox virus in plants expressing cytosolic and nuclear single-chain antibodies against the viral RNA NIb replicase (pages 967–976)

M. Gil, O. Esteban, J. A. García, L. Pena and M. Cambra


Unstable green fluorescent protein for study of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri survival on citrus (pages 977–985)

J. Cubero, I. Gell, E. G. Johnson, A. Redondo and J. H. Graham


Distribution of canker lesions on the surface of diseased grapefruit (pages 986–991)

C. H. Bock, T. R. Gottwald and P. E. Parker


The yam nematode (Scutellonema bradys), a potential threat to potato (Solanum tuberosum) production in West Africa (pages 992–997)

D. L. Coyne, L. I. Akpheokhai and A. F. Adeniran


Book Review


Soil Microbiology and Sustainable Crop Production (page 998)

Richard Thwaites



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Plant Pathology - 60 (6), 2011



Contents:

Review


Control of blackleg and tuber soft rot of potato caused by Pectobacterium and Dickeya species: a review (pages 999–1013)

R. Czajkowski, M. C. M. Pérombelon, J. A. van Veen and J. M. van der Wolf


Original Articles


Increased plant tolerance against chrysanthemum yellows phytoplasma (‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’) following double inoculation with Glomus mosseae BEG12 and Pseudomonas putida S1Pf1Rif (pages 1014–1022)

R. D’Amelio, G. Berta, E. Gamalero, N. Massa, L. Avidano, S. Cantamessa, G. D’Agostino, D. Bosco and C. Marzachi


New natural host plants of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pini’ in Poland and the Czech Republic (pages 1023–1029)

M. Kamińska, H. Berniak and J. Obdrzalek


First identification of a sweet potato begomovirus (sweepovirus) in Uganda: characterization, detection and distribution (pages 1030–1039)

P. Wasswa, B. Otto, M. N. Maruthi, S. B. Mukasa, W. Monger and R. W. Gibson


Chilli leaf curl Palampur virus is a distinct begomovirus species associated with a betasatellite (pages 1040–1047)

Y. Kumar, V. Hallan and A. A. Zaidi


Impact of tobacco recessive resistance gene va on biological properties of Brazilian Potato virus Y (PVY) isolates (pages 1048–1054)

C. Lacroix, L. Glais, J.-L. Verrier, C. Charlier, C. Lorencetti and E. Jacquot


Two novel and potentially endemic species of Phytophthora associated with episodic dieback of Kwongan vegetation in the south-west of Western Australia (pages 1055–1068)

A. J. Rea, T. I. Burgess, G. E. St J. Hardy, M. J. C. Stukely and T. Jung


Genetic diversity, sensitivity to phenylamide fungicides and aggressiveness of Phytophthora ramorum on Camellia, Rhododendron and Viburnum plants in Spain (pages 1069–1076)

A. Pérez-Sierra, L. A. Álvarez, A. Vercauteren, K. Heungens and P. Abad-Campos


Potential for eradication of the exotic plant pathogens Phytophthora kernoviae and Phytophthora ramorum during composting (pages 1077–1085)

R. Noble, J. Blackburn, G. Thorp, A. Dobrovin-Pennington, S. Pietravalle, G. Kerins, T. R. Allnutt and C. M. Henry


Phosphite primed defence responses and enhanced expression of defence genes in Arabidopsis thaliana infected with Phytophthora cinnamomi (pages 1086–1095)

L. Eshraghi, J. Anderson, N. Aryamanesh, B. Shearer, J. McComb, G. E. StJ. Hardy and P. A. O’Brien


Spread and development of quambalaria shoot blight in spotted gum plantations (pages 1096–1106)

G. S. Pegg, H. Nahrung, A. J. Carnegie, M. J. Wingfield and A. Drenth


Variability in aggressiveness of Quambalaria pitereka isolates (pages 1107–1117)

G. S. Pegg, L. S. Shuey, A. J. Carnegie, M. J. Wingfield and A. Drenth


Detection of botryosphaeriaceous species in environmental samples using a multi-species primer pair (pages 1118–1127)

H. J. Ridgway, N. T. Amponsah, D. S. Brown, J. Baskarathevan, E. E. Jones and M. V. Jaspers


Characterization of monilia disease caused by Monilinia linhartiana on quince in southern Spain (pages 1128–1139)

J. Moral, C. Munoz-Díez, D. Cabello, O. Arquero, M. Lovera, M. J. Benítez and A. Trapero


A rapid differential staining technique for Fusarium pseudograminearum in cereal tissues during crown rot infections (pages 1140–1143)

N. L. Knight and M. W. Sutherland


Development and validation of a standard area diagram set to estimate severity of leaf rust in Coffea arabica and C. canephora (pages 1144–1150)

A. S. Capucho, L. Zambolim, H. S. S. Duarte and G. R. O. Vaz


Wax matters: absence of very-long-chain aldehydes from the leaf cuticular wax of the glossy11 mutant of maize compromises the prepenetration processes of Blumeria graminis (pages 1151–1161)

A. Hansjakob, M. Riederer and U. Hildebrandt


Genetic control of sorghum resistance to leaf anthracnose (pages 1162–1168)

R. V. da Costa, L. Zambolim, L. V. Cota, D. D. da Silva, J. A. S. Rodrigues, F. D. Tardin and C. R. Casela


Spatial characteristics of white mould epidemics and the development of sequential sampling plans in Australian bean fields (pages 1169–1182)

S. J. Jones, D. H. Gent, S. J. Pethybridge and F. S. Hay


Letter to the Editor


Letter to the Editor (page 1183)

N. Magan


Corrigendum


Corrigendum: Use of a real-time LAMP isothermal assay for detecting 16SrII and XII phytoplasmas in fruit and weeds of the Ethiopian Rift Valley (page 1183)

M. Dickinson


Book Review


Natural Products in Plant Pest Management (page 1184)

Steve Rossall


A Note from the Editor


A Note from the Editor (page 1184)

Matt Dickinson


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Molecular Plant Pathology - 12 (4-9), 2011

Molecular Plant Pathology - 12 (4), 2011


Contents:

Pathogen profiles


Mycosphaerella fijiensis, the black leaf streak pathogen of banana: progress towards understanding pathogen biology and detection, disease development, and the challenges of control (pages 307–328)

ALICE C. L. CHURCHILL


Burkholderia glumae: next major pathogen of rice? (pages 329–339)

JONG HYUN HAM, REBECCA A. MELANSON and MILTON C. RUSH


Original articles


The beneficial effect of Trichoderma spp. on tomato is modulated by the plant genotype (pages 341–354)

MARINA TUCCI, MICHELINA RUOCCO, LUIGI DE MASI, MONICA DE PALMA and MATTEO LORITO


Expression of Arabidopsis pathogenesis-related genes during nematode infection (pages 355–364)

NOUREDDINE HAMAMOUCH, CHUNYING LI, PIL JOON SEO, CHUNG-MO PARK and ERIC L. DAVIS


Modification of recombinant maize ChitA chitinase by fungal chitinase-modifying proteins (pages 365–372)

TODD A. NAUMANN


An HrpB-dependent but type III-independent extracellular aspartic protease is a virulence factor of Ralstonia solanacearum (pages 373–380)

YEONHWA JEONG, HOON CHEONG, OKHEE CHOI, JUNG KYU KIM, YONGSUNG KANG, JINWOO KIM, SEUNGDON LEE, SERRY KOH, JAE SUN MOON and INGYU HWANG


The wxacO gene of Xanthomonas citri ssp. citri encodes a protein with a role in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis, biofilm formation, stress tolerance and virulence (pages 381–396)

JINYUN LI and NIAN WANG


Organ identity and environmental conditions determine the effectiveness of nonhost resistance in the interaction between Arabidopsis thaliana and Magnaporthe oryzae (pages 397–402)

CHRISTINE SCHREIBER, ALAN J. SLUSARENKO and ULRICH SCHAFFRATH


Review


The coat protein leads the way: an update on basic and applied studies with the Brome mosaic virus coat protein (pages 403–412)

C. CHENG KAO, PENG NI, MASARAPU HEMA, XINLEI HUANG and BOGDAN DRAGNEA


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Molecular Plant Pathology - 12 (5), 2011




Contents:

Pathogen profile update


Mycosphaerella graminicola: from genomics to disease control (pages 413–424)

ELIZABETH S. ORTON, SIAN DELLER and JAMES K. M. BROWN


Original articles


Involvement of a putative response regulator FgRrg-1 in osmotic stress response, fungicide resistance and virulence in Fusarium graminearum (pages 425–436)

JINHUA JIANG, YINGZI YUN, JING FU, WON-BO SHIM and ZHONGHUA MA


Long-term protection against tobacco mosaic virus induced by the marine alga oligo-sulphated-galactan Poly-Ga in tobacco plants (pages 437–447)

JEANNETTE VERA, JORGE CASTRO, ALBERTO GONZÁLEZ, HERNA BARRIENTOS, BETTY MATSUHIRO, PATRICIO ARCE, GUSTAVO ZUNIGA and ALEJANDRA MOENNE


Inactivation of Snt2, a BAH/PHD-containing transcription factor, impairs pathogenicity and increases autophagosome abundance in Fusarium oxysporum (pages 449–461)

YOULIA DENISOV, STANLEY FREEMAN and ODED YARDEN


Identification of differentially expressed genes in a resistant versus a susceptible blueberry cultivar after infection by Colletotrichum acutatum (pages 463–477)

TIMOTHY D. MILES, BRAD DAY and ANNEMIEK C. SCHILDER


Regulators of G-protein signalling in Fusarium verticillioides mediate differential host–pathogen responses on nonviable versus viable maize kernels (pages 479–491)

MALA MUKHERJEE, JUNG-EUN KIM, YONG-SOON PARK, MICHAEL V. KOLOMIETS and WON-BO SHIM


Identification of serine/threonine kinase and nucleotide-binding site–leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) genes in the fire blight resistance quantitative trait locus of apple cultivar ‘Evereste’ (pages 493–505)

GABRIELLA PARRAVICINI, CESARE GESSLER, CAROLINE DENANCÉ, PAULINE LASSERRE-ZUBER, EMILIE VERGNE, MARIE-NOËLLE BRISSET, ANDREA PATOCCHI, CHARLES-ERIC DUREL and GIOVANNI A. L. BROGGINI


Review


Fungal pathogenicity genes in the age of ‘omics’ (pages 507–514)

ANGELA P. VAN DE WOUW and BARBARA J. HOWLETT


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Molecular Plant Pathology - 12 (6), 2011




Contents:

Pathogen profile


Secrets of the subterranean pathosystem of Armillaria (pages 515–534)

KENDRA BAUMGARTNER, MARTIN P. A. COETZEE and DIRK HOFFMEISTER


Original articles


Narrowing down the apricot Plum pox virus resistance locus and comparative analysis with the peach genome syntenic region (pages 535–547)

ELSA MARÍA VERA RUIZ, JOSÉ MIGUEL SORIANO, CARLOS ROMERO, TETYANA ZHEBENTYAYEVA, JAVIER TEROL, ELENA ZURIAGA, GERARDO LLÁCER, ALBERT GLENN ABBOTT and MARÍA LUISA BADENES


The FRP1 F-box gene has different functions in sexuality, pathogenicity and metabolism in three fungal pathogens (pages 548–563)

WILFRIED JONKERS, JAN A. L. VAN KAN, PATRICK TIJM, YIN-WON LEE, PAUL TUDZYNSKI, MARTIJN REP and CAROLINE B. MICHIELSE


The Botrytis cinerea phytotoxin botcinic acid requires two polyketide synthases for production and has a redundant role in virulence with botrydial (pages 564–579)

BÉRENGERE DALMAIS, JULIA SCHUMACHER, JAVIER MORAGA, PASCAL LE PECHEUR, BETTINA TUDZYNSKI, ISIDRO GONZALEZ COLLADO and MURIEL VIAUD


Genome sequencing and comparative analysis of the carrot bacterial blight pathogen, Xanthomonas hortorum pv. carotae M081, for insights into pathogenicity and applications in molecular diagnostics (pages 580–594)

JEFFREY A. KIMBREL, SCOTT A. GIVAN, TODD N. TEMPLE, KENNETH B. JOHNSON and JEFF H. CHANG


Satellite RNA reduces expression of the 2b suppressor protein resulting in the attenuation of symptoms caused by Cucumber mosaic virus infection (pages 595–605)

WEI-NA HOU, CHENG-GUO DUAN, RONG-XIANG FANG, XIAO-YANG ZHOU and HUI-SHAN GUO


Flux of nitric oxide between the necrotrophic pathogen Botrytis cinerea and the host plant (pages 606–616)

JUAN L. TURRION-GOMEZ and ERNESTO P. BENITO


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Molecular Plant Pathology - 12 (7), 2011




Contents:

Pathogen profiles


Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola: from ‘has bean’ to supermodel (pages 617–627)

DAWN L. ARNOLD, HELEN C. LOVELL, ROBERT W. JACKSON and JOHN W. MANSFIELD


Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii: lessons learned from a xylem-dwelling pathogen of sweet corn (pages 628–637)

M. CAROLINE ROPER


Original articles


Invertases involved in the development of the parasitic plant Phelipanche ramosa: characterization of the dominant soluble acid isoform, PrSAI1 (pages 638–652)

RIDA DRAIE, THOMAS PÉRON, JEAN-BERNARD POUVREAU, CHRISTOPHE VÉRONÉSI, SANDRINE JÉGOU, PHILIPPE DELAVAULT, SÉVERINE THOIRON and PHILIPPE SIMIER


The SLT2 mitogen-activated protein kinase-mediated signalling pathway governs conidiation, morphogenesis, fungal virulence and production of toxin and melanin in the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata (pages 653–665)

JONAR INGAN YAGO, CHING-HSUAN LIN and KUANG-REN CHUNG


Garlic virus X 11-kDa protein granules move within the cytoplasm and traffic a host protein normally found in the nucleolus (pages 666–676)

YUWEN LU, FEI YAN, WEI GUO, HONGYING ZHENG, LIN LIN, JIEJUN PENG, MICHAEL J. ADAMS and JIANPING CHEN


RNAi-mediated resistance to Cassava brown streak Uganda virus in transgenic cassava (pages 677–687)

JITENDER S. YADAV, EMMANUEL OGWOK, HENRY WAGABA, BASAVAPRABHU L. PATIL, BASAVARAJ BAGEWADI, TITUS ALICAI, ELIANA GAITAN-SOLIS, NIGEL J. TAYLOR and CLAUDE M. FAUQUET


Mapping studies of the Peach latent mosaic viroid reveal novel structural features (pages 688–701)

AUDREY DUBÉ, FRANÇOIS BOLDUC, MARTIN BISAILLON and JEAN-PIERRE PERREAULT


Physical association of pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) and effector-triggered immunity (ETI) immune receptors in Arabidopsis (pages 702–708)

YIPING QI, KENICHI TSUDA, JANE GLAZEBROOK and FUMIAKI KATAGIRI


Degeneration of hrpZ gene in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci to evade tobacco defence: an arms race between tobacco and its bacterial pathogen (pages 709–714)

KAZUHIKO TSUNEMI, FUMIKO TAGUCHI, MIZURI MARUTANI, MEGUMI WATANABE-SUGIMOTO, YOSHISHIGE INAGAKI, KAZUHIRO TOYODA, TOMONORI SHIRAISHI and YUKI ICHINOSE


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Molecular Plant Pathology - 12 (8), 2011




Contents:

Original articles


Comparative analysis of the XopD type III secretion (T3S) effector family in plant pathogenic bacteria (pages 715–730)

JUNG-GUN KIM, KYLE W. TAYLOR and MARY BETH MUDGETT


Type III secretion-dependent host defence elicitation and type III secretion-independent growth within leaves by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (pages 731–745)

WENXIAN SUN, LIJUAN LIU and ANDREW F. BENT


Negative regulation of defence signalling pathways by the EDR1 protein kinase (pages 746–758)

KATY M. CHRISTIANSEN, YANGNAN GU, NATALIE RODIBAUGH and ROGER W. INNES


Altered trichothecene biosynthesis in TRI6-silenced transformants of Fusarium culmorum influences the severity of crown and foot rot on durum wheat seedlings (pages 759–771)

BARBARA SCHERM, MARCELLA ORRU, VIRGILIO BALMAS, FRANCESCA SPANU, EMANUELA AZARA, GIOVANNA DELOGU, THOMAS M. HAMMOND, NANCY P. KELLER and QUIRICO MIGHELI


Evidence for involvement of Dicer-like, Argonaute and histone deacetylase proteins in gene silencing in Phytophthora infestans (pages 772–785)

RAMESH R. VETUKURI, ANNA O. AVROVA, LAURA J. GRENVILLE-BRIGGS, PIETER VAN WEST, FREDRIK SÖDERBOM, EUGENE I. SAVENKOV, STEPHEN C. WHISSON and CHRISTINA DIXELIUS


Expression of coordinately regulated defence response genes and analysis of their role in disease resistance in Medicago truncatula (pages 786–798)

DEBORAH A. SAMAC, SILVIA PENUELA, JUDY A. SCHNURR, E. NICOLE HUNT, DAWN FOSTER-HARTNETT, KATHRYN A. VANDENBOSCH and J. STEPHEN GANTT


Amino acid changes in P3, and not the overlapping pipo-encoded protein, determine virulence of Soybean mosaic virus on functionally immune Rsv1-genotype soybean (pages 799–807)

R-H. WEN, M. A. SAGHAI MAROOF and M. R. HAJIMORAD


p2 of Rice stripe virus (RSV) interacts with OsSGS3 and is a silencing suppressor (pages 808–814)

ZHENGUO DU, DONGLAI XIAO, JIANGUO WU, DONGSHENG JIA, ZHENGJIE YUAN, YING LIU, LIUYANG HU, ZHAO HAN, TAIYUN WEI, QIYING LIN, ZUJIAN WU and LIANHUI XIE


Review


Applications of flow cytometry in plant pathology for genome size determination, detection and physiological status (pages 815–828)

LIESBET D'HONDT, MONICA HÖFTE, ERIK VAN BOCKSTAELE and LEEN LEUS


Micro-Review


Application of high-throughput genome sequencing to intrapathovar variation in Pseudomonas syringae (pages 829–838)

DAVID J. STUDHOLME


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Molecular Plant Pathology - 12 (9), 2011




Contents:

Original articles


The biocontrol bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf29Arp strain affects the pathogenesis-related gene expression of the take-all fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici on wheat roots (pages 839–854)

STÉPHANIE DAVAL, LIONEL LEBRETON, KÉVIN GAZENGEL, MORGANE BOUTIN, ANNE-YVONNE GUILLERM-ERCKELBOUDT and ALAIN SARNIGUET


Arabidopsis thaliana cdd1 mutant uncouples the constitutive activation of salicylic acid signalling from growth defects (pages 855–865)

SWADHIN SWAIN, SHWETA ROY, JYOTI SHAH, SASKIA VAN WEES, CORNÉ M. PIETERSE and ASHIS K. NANDI


Durable broad-spectrum powdery mildew resistance in pea er1 plants is conferred by natural loss-of-function mutations in PsMLO1 (pages 866–878)

MATT HUMPHRY, ANJA REINSTÄDLER, SERGEY IVANOV, TON BISSELING and RALPH PANSTRUGA


Transcriptomic profiling of citrus fruit peel tissues reveals fundamental effects of phenylpropanoids and ethylene on induced resistance (pages 879–897)

ANA-ROSA BALLESTER, M. TERESA LAFUENTE, JAVIER FORMENT, JOSÉ GADEA, RIC C. H. DE VOS, ARNAUD G. BOVY and LUIS GONZÁLEZ-CANDELAS


Ectopic expression of the p23 silencing suppressor of Citrus tristeza virus differentially modifies viral accumulation and tropism in two transgenic woody hosts (pages 898–910)

CARMEN FAGOAGA, GIOVANNI PENSABENE-BELLAVIA, PEDRO MORENO, LUÍS NAVARRO, RICARDO FLORES and LEANDRO PENA


Genetic background matters: a plant–virus gene-for-gene interaction is strongly influenced by genetic contexts (pages 911–920)

JOSSELIN MONTARRY, JULIETTE DOUMAYROU, VINCENT SIMON and BENOIT MOURY


Targets of selection in a disease resistance network in wild tomatoes (pages 921–927)

LAURA E. ROSE, LUKASZ GRZESKOWIAK (ŁUKASZ GRZEŚKOWIAK), ANJA C. HÖRGER, MARTIN GROTH and WOLFGANG STEPHAN


Reviews


The YopJ superfamily in plant-associated bacteria (pages 928–937)

JENNIFER D. LEWIS, AMY LEE, WENBO MA, HUANBIN ZHOU, DAVID S. GUTTMAN and DARRELL DESVEAUX


Top 10 plant viruses in molecular plant pathology (pages 938–954)

KAREN-BETH G. SCHOLTHOF, SCOTT ADKINS, HENRYK CZOSNEK, PETER PALUKAITIS, EMMANUEL JACQUOT, THOMAS HOHN, BARBARA HOHN, KEITH SAUNDERS, THIERRY CANDRESSE, PAUL AHLQUIST, CYNTHIA HEMENWAY and GARY D. FOSTER


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Journal of Plant Ecology - 4 (1-4), 2011

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Journal of Plant Ecology - 4 (1-2), 2011



Contents:

Editorial

Richard H. Waring, Jiquan Chen, and Huilin Gao
Plant–water relations at multiple scales: integration from observations, modeling and remote sensing

Review Article

Heidi Asbjornsen, Gregory R. Goldsmith, Maria S. Alvarado-Barrientos, Karin Rebel, Floortje P. Van Osch, Max Rietkerk, Jiquan Chen, Sybil Gotsch, Conrado Tobón, Daniel R. Geissert, Alberto Gómez-Tagle, Kellie Vache, and Todd E. Dawson
Ecohydrological advances and applications in plant–water relations research: a review

Research Articles

Lise Dalsgaard, Teis Norgaard Mikkelsen, and Annemarie Bastrup-Birk
Sap flow for beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in a natural and a managed forest—effect of spatial heterogeneity

Wenge Ni-Meister and Huilin Gao
Assessing the impacts of vegetation heterogeneity on energy fluxes and snowmelt in boreal forests

Nan Lu, Shiping Chen, Burkhard Wilske, Ge Sun, and Jiquan Chen
Evapotranspiration and soil water relationships in a range of disturbed and undisturbed ecosystems in the semi-arid Inner Mongolia, China

Chesheng Zhan, Zongxue Xu, Aizhong Ye, and Hongbo Su
LUCC and its impact on run-off yield in the Bai River catchment—upstream of the Miyun Reservoir basin

William H. Conner, Bo Song, Thomas M. Williams, and Jeffery T. Vernon
Long-term tree productivity of a South Carolina coastal plain forest across a hydrology gradient

Ping Wang, Yichi Zhang, Jingjie Yu, Guobin Fu, and Fei Ao
Vegetation dynamics induced by groundwater fluctuations in the lower Heihe River Basin, northwestern China

Wenhong Li, Pengfei Zhang, Jiansheng Ye, Laifang Li, and Paul A. Baker
Impact of two different types of El Nino events on the Amazon climate and ecosystem productivity

Review Article

R. H. Waring and J. J. Landsberg
Generalizing plant–water relations to landscapes

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Journal of Plant Ecology - 4 (3), 2011



Contents:

Research Articles

Amanda J. Tracey and Lonnie W. Aarssen
Competition and body size in plants: the between-species trade-off for maximum potential versus minimum reproductive threshold size

Lara Souza, Jake F. Weltzin, and Nathan J. Sanders
Differential effects of two dominant plant species on community structure and invasibility in an old-field ecosystem

Qinfeng Guo
Seed size- and density-related hidden treatments in common biodiversity experiments

Wei Li, Shujun Wen, Wenxiang Hu, and Guozhen Du
Root–shoot competition interactions cause diversity loss after fertilization: a field experiment in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau

Youhong Peng, Karl J. Niklas, and Shucun Sun
The relationship between relative growth rate and whole-plant C : N : P stoichiometry in plant seedlings grown under nutrient-enriched conditions

David J. Gibson, Jared Urban, and Sara G. Baer
Mowing and fertilizer effects on seedling establishment in a successional old field

Xiao-dong Zhang, Wen-ting Xu, Bo Yang, Ming Nie, and Bo Li
Seed germination traits of two plant functional groups in the saline deltaic ecosystems

Ensheng Weng, Yiqi Luo, Chao Gao, and Ram Oren
Uncertainty analysis of forest carbon sink forecast with varying measurement errors: a data assimilation approach

Erratum

Erratum



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Journal of Plant Ecology - 4 (4), 2011



Contents:

Research Articles

Seline S. Meijer, Milena Holmgren, and Wim H. Van der Putten
Effects of plant–soil feedback on tree seedling growth under arid conditions

Anais Gibert and Laurent Hazard
Endophyte infection of Festuca eskia enhances seedling survival to drought and cutting at the expense of clonal expansion

Susan K. Ebeling, Jürg Stöcklin, Isabell Hensen, and Harald Auge
Multiple common garden experiments suggest lack of local adaptation in an invasive ornamental plant

Susanne Wurst and Matthias C. Rillig
Additive effects of functionally dissimilar above- and belowground organisms on a grassland plant community

Xiaoli Cheng, Yiqi Luo, Bo Su, Shiqiang Wan, Dafeng Hui, and Quanfa Zhang
Plant carbon substrate supply regulated soil nitrogen dynamics in a tallgrass prairie in the Great Plains, USA: results of a clipping and shading experiment

Xinming Chen, Jay Dhungel, Surya P. Bhattarai, Manouchehr Torabi, Lance Pendergast, and David J. Midmore
Impact of oxygation on soil respiration, yield and water use efficiency of three crop species

Qi Li, Xue Yang, Janne Soininen, Cheng-Jin Chu, Jie-Qi Zhang, Kai-Liang Yu, and Gang Wang
Relative importance of spatial processes and environmental factors in shaping alpine meadow communities

Manju V. Sharma, R. Uma Shaanker, Simon R. Leather, R. Vasudeva, and Kundaranahalli R. Shivanna
Floral resources, pollinators and fruiting in a threatened tropical deciduous tree

Yuan Sui, Qingguo Cui, Ming Dong, and Weiming He
Contrasting responses of legume versus non-legume shrubs to soil water and nutrient shortages in the Mu Us Sandland

Buqing Yao, Jing Cao, Changming Zhao, and Zed Rengel
Influence of ammonium and nitrate supply on growth, nitrate reductase activity and N-use efficiency in a natural hybrid pine and its parents

Na-Na Xu, Xin Tong, Po-Kueug Eric Tsang, Hong Deng, and Xiao-Yong Chen
Effects of water depth on clonal characteristics and biomass allocation of Halophila ovalis (Hydrocharitaceae)

Liangmu Wang, Meirong Mu, Xiaofei Li, Peng Lin, and Wenqing Wang
Differentiation between true mangroves and mangrove associates based on leaf traits and salt contents

Jianfeng Liu, Osbert Jianxin Sun, Hongmei Jin, Zhiyong Zhou, and Xingguo Han
Application of two remote sensing GPP algorithms at a semiarid grassland site of North China


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