Specificity in Plant Diseases

Opening Address.- The Phenomenon of Specificity in Plant Disease.- Tissue and Organ Specificity in Plant Diseases.- Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions.- Gene Functions in Host-Parasite Systems.- Cell Surface Membranes of Animal Cells as the Sites of Recognition of Infectious Agents and Other Substances.- Cell Surfaces and the Biochemistry of Varietal Specific Pathogenesis.- Models of Interaction between Higher Plants and Bacteria.- Reactions of Cytoplasm and Organelles in Relation to Host-Parasite Specificity.- Specific Interactions Involving Hormonal and Other Changes.- Effects of Structure of Active Compounds on Biological Activity and Specificity.- Evidence for Direct Involvement of Nucleic Acids in Host-Parasite Specificity.- Protein Specificity in Plant Disease Development: Protein Sharing between Host and Parasite.- The Role of Phytotoxins in Specificity.- Role of Preformed Factors in Specificity.- Phytoalexins and the Specificity of Plant-Parasite Interaction.- Induction of Hypersensitive Responses to Fungal Pathogens.- Induction and Suppression of the Hypersensitive Reaction Caused by Phytopathogenic Bacteria: Specific and Nonspecific Components.- Specific Interactions in Higher Plants.- Specificity - An Assessment.- Participants.