Fungal interactions

Fig. 11. Hypothetical scheme of the molecular events in the early stages of fungal interactions with plant cuticle, chip = Colletotrichum hard surface induced protein cap = Colletotrichum appressorium genes...

Taylor T. N. and Taylor E. L. (2000) The Rhynie Chert ecosystem a model for understanding fungal interactions. In Microbial Endophytes (eds. C. W. Bacon and... 

The isolation of JH III from C. iria and C. aromaticus, the high concentrations found in C. iria throughout development and the extraction of structurally similar compounds from closely related species as well as other plant species suggests that this compound may play an important biological function(s) in these plants. At this point, the nature of this role is speculative however, it is possible that JH III may be involved in plant-insect, plant-plant, plant-nematode or plant-fungal interactions. 

McGee, D.C. C.L. Brandt J.S. Burris. Seed mycoflora of soybeans relative to fungal interactions, seedling emergence, and carry over of pathogens to subsequent crops. Phytopathology 1980, 70, 615-617. 

Table 4.4 Thresholds in Conifer - Bark Beetle - Fungal Interactions...

To link these various scales, it is necessary to recognize both that each level of conifer - bark beetle - fungal interaction is characterized by a discrete threshold, and that the outcome at each level depends on feedback among multiple variables (Table 4.4). For example, a beetle can either enter or not enter a tree. However, that discrete outcome is determined by monoterpene and phenolic concentrations and composition, beetle age, the number of rejections already made by a beetle, beetle lipid content, beetle density on the plant surface, beetle genotype, beetle population phase, and presumably other factors. Similar relationships characterize thresholds at the levels of aggregation, host establishment, and population eruption (Table 4.4). 

KOPPER, B.J., KLEPZIG, K.D., RAFFA, K.F., Components of antagonism and mutualism in Ips /7/ /-fungal interactions relationship to a life history of colonizing highly stressed and dead trees. Environ. Entomol, 2004,33, 28-34. 

The Role of Cutin, the Plant Cuticular Hydroxy Fatty Acid Polymer, in the Fungal Interaction with Plants... 

Fungal Pheromones or Chemotactic Agents Plant-Fungal Interactions Phytoalexins Phytotoxins... 

Grayer, R. Kokubun, T. Plant-fungal interactions the search for phytoalexins and other antifungal compounds from higher plants. Phytochemistry 2001, 56, 253-263. 

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