1. Effects of inoculum density, leaf age, moisture, temperature, and wetness duration on black streak of edible burdock

   • Harukuni Horita
   • Robert J. McGovern
   • Shinji Yasuoka

   FUNGAL DISEASES Pages: 247 - 252

2. Possible roles and functions of LPL1 gene encoding lysophospholipase during early infection by Magnaporthe grisea

   • Masaki Kanamori
   • Ken-ichiro Saitoh
   • Tohru Teraoka

   FUNGAL DISEASES Pages: 253 - 262

3. Three evolutionary lineages of tomato wilt pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici, based on sequences of IGS, MAT1, and pg1, are each composed of isolates of a single mating type and a single or closely related vegetative compatibility group

   • Masato Kawabe
   • Yumiko Kobayashi
   • Tsutomu Arie

   FUNGAL DISEASES Pages: 263 - 272

4. Regulation of elicitin-induced ethylene production in suspension-cultured tobacco BY-2 cells

   • Dirk Schenke
   • Kana Naito
   • Yuki Ichinose

   FUNGAL DISEASES Pages: 273 - 279

5. New biocontrol method for parsley powdery mildew by the antifungal volatiles-producing fungus Kyu-W63

   • Motoo Koitabashi

   FUNGAL DISEASES Short communication Pages: 280 - 284

6. Studies on red light-induced resistance of broad bean to Botrytis cinerea: I. Possible production of suppressor and elicitor by germinating spores of pathogen

   • Nurun Nahar Khanam
   • Junichi Kihara
   • Sakae Arase

   FUNGAL DISEASES Short communication Pages: 285 - 288

7. Flagellin from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci induced hrp-independent HR in tomato

   • Mizuri Marutani
   • Fumiko Taguchi
   • Yuki Ichinose

   BACTERIAL AND PHYTOPLASMA DISEASES Pages: 289 - 295

8. Infection frequency of mature apple fruit with Erwinia amylovora deposited on pedicels and its survival in the fruit stored at low temperature

   • Takanori Tsukamoto
   • Koji Azegami
   • Masao Goto

   BACTERIAL AND PHYTOPLASMA DISEASES Pages: 296 - 301

9. Defense responses of Arabidopsis thaliana inoculated with Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci wild type and defective mutants for flagellin (ΔfliC) and flagellin-glycosylation (Δorf1)

   • Yasuhiro Ishiga
   • Kasumi Takeuchi
   • Yuki Ichinose

   BACTERIAL AND PHYTOPLASMA DISEASES Pages: 302 - 307

10. 2b Protein is essential to induce a novel gradual cell death in Zucchini yellow mosaic virus-inoculated cucumber cotyledon co-infected with Cucumber mosaic virus

    • Bo-Song Ryang
    • Tadashi Matsumoto
    • Satoshi T. Ohki

    VIRAL AND VIROID DISEASES Pages: 308 - 313

11. Possible recombination of tomato-infecting begomoviruses in Thailand

    • Sopid Sawangjit
    • Orawan Chatchawankanphanich
    • Supat Attathom

    VIRAL AND VIROID DISEASES Pages: 314 - 318

12. Evidence of a new Tomato yellow leaf curl virus in Japan and its detection using PCR

    • Shigenori Ueda
    • Shigeharu Takeuchi
    • Toru Iwanami

    VIRAL AND VIROID DISEASES Pages: 319 - 325

13. Amino acid 129 in the coat protein of Cucumber mosaic virus primarily determines invasion of the shoot apical meristem of tobacco plants

    • Tomofumi Mochizuki
    • Satoshi T. Ohki

    VIRAL AND VIROID DISEASES Pages: 326 - 332