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The 2000 BSPP Presidential conference was held at at Wye College (University of London), Wye, Kent, UK from 18 - 20 December. The BSPP president was Prof. JohnMansfield. Abstracts of all papers and posters are available online below and also in Word format for downloading. Pictures of the conference highlights are also online.
Abstract Contents
Presidential Address:
Plant-pathogen interactions: advancing understanding
of plants and microbes Session I: The Structural FrameworkLife at the edge: the tobacco mosaic virus-induced hypersensitive response The infection process of the bean anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum
lindemuthianum Function of pili in molecular interaction of Pseudomonas syringae
with the host plant Conidial germination and germling development by Blumeria graminis:
from first touch to attempted penetration Session II: Pathogenicity of bacteria, fungi and virusesComplex spatial changes in gene expression in response to virus invasion
of compatible hosts Induced resistance to plant viruses Molecular genetics of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe
grisea Pathogenicity and host range determinants in root-infecting fungi Raincoats and pathogens: the function of hydrophobins in Cladosporium
fulvum Unravelling the molecular mechanisms of pathogenicity in the soft rot
pathogen Erwinia carotovora: a new approach Sequencing of the complete genome of Ralstonia solanacearum opens
new avenues towards the understanding of pathogenicity determinants Garrett Memorial Lecture: Millennial milestones: concepts, molecules and
genes Session III: Resistance genes, structure and evolutionNatural and artificial evolution of resistance gene clusters, particularly
of the pto and Dm3 loci Function and evolution of the RPP13disease resistance locus from Arabidopsis Arabidopsis mildew resistance Session IV: Resistance mechanisms, cellular signallingUnderstanding plant disease resistance: dissecting the pathway to
hypersensitive cell death Plant recognition of Xanthomonas effector proteins Signalling mechanisms leading to programmed cell death during the
Hypersensitive Response in Arabidopsis thaliana Session V: Local and systemic resistanceThe molecular biology of extreme resistance against potato virus X Analysis of the jasmonate signal pathway in Arabidopsis Variable interactions between salicylic acid and jasmonic acid signalling
pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana and tobacco Session VI: Targets for intervention and disease controlStrategies to control Fusarium ear blight on cereals Powdery mildew in perspective: development and differentiation, sensing
and signalling NIM1/NPR1 over-expression as a component of an integrated disease control
strategy Signals and receptors in plant-pathogen interactions P. H. Gregory Paper Reading Competition Development of host resistance to Phytophthora pod rot disease of
cocoa, is there hope for the future? Pathogenicity and crucifer isolates of Verticillium dahliae Catching the Crooks: diagnostics and phylogenetic analysis of Spongospora
subterranea f. sp. nasturtii Genetic diversity among isolates of Xanthomonas hortorum pv. hederae
from ivy Omnipotent Oidium – Surfaces, Signals and Sensing Identification of genes required for N-mediated resistance against
TMV by virus-induced gene silencing Characterization of a 40kb plasmid in Pseudomonas syringae pv maculicola
involved in pathogenicity in Arabidopsis Elemental sulphur formation in plants and defence against pathogens Dissecting Cf-4 and Cf-9 disease resistance gene specificity by domain
swaps and DNA shuffling
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