1. Bioluminescence reporter assay system to monitor Arabidopsis MPK3 gene expression in response to infection by Botrytis cinerea

   • Tsuneyuki Tanaka
   • Sachiko Ono
   • Kazuyuki Hiratsuka

   HOST RESPONSES Pages: 1 - 5

2. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and ROS-induced lipid peroxidation are associated with plasma membrane modifications in host cells in response to AK-toxin I from Alternaria alternata Japanese pear pathotype

   • Naoto Shimizu
   • Naoki Hosogi
   • Pyoyun Park

   FUNGAL DISEASES Pages: 6 - 15

3. Oxidative stress induces high transcription of Rhm52 and Rhm54, novel genes identified as being involved in recombinational repair in Magnaporthe grisea

   • Evelyn Elegado
   • Asumi Iwasaki
   • Teruo Sone

   FUNGAL DISEASES Pages: 16 - 19

4. Molecular analysis and virus transmission tests place Olpidium virulentus, a vector of Mirafiori lettuce big-vein virus and tobacco stunt virus, as a distinct species rather than a strain of Olpidium brassicae

   • Takahide Sasaya
   • Hiroki Koganezawa

   FUNGAL DISEASES Pages: 20 - 25

5. The hrpZ and hrpA genes are variable, and useful for grouping Pseudomonas syringae bacteria

   • Yasuhiro Inoue
   • Yuichi Takikawa

   BACTERIAL AND PHYTOPLASMA DISEASES Pages: 26 - 33

6. Flagella-mediated motility is required for biofilm formation by Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora

   • Md Mijan Hossain
   • Shinji Tsuyumu

   BACTERIAL AND PHYTOPLASMA DISEASES Pages: 34 - 39

7. First report of a phytoplasma associated with Spondias purpurea (Jocote de Corona) in El Salvador

   • Roxana Yanira Parada
   • Serafina Castro
   • Javier Romero

   BACTERIAL AND PHYTOPLASMA DISEASES Pages: 40 - 42

8. Erwinia amylovora can pass through the abscission layer of fruit-bearing twigs and invade apple fruit during fruit maturation

   • Koji Azegami
   • Takanori Tsukamoto
   • Masao Goto

   BACTERIAL AND PHYTOPLASMA DISEASES Pages: 43 - 45

9. Characterization of Citrus tristeza virus isolates in northern Iran

   • Ali Barzegar
   • Haleh Hashemi Sohi
   • Heshmatollah Rahimian

   VIRAL AND VIROID DISEASES Pages: 46 - 51

10. Comparison of the nucleotide and amino acid sequences of parental and attenuated isolates of Zucchini yellow mosaic virus

    • Wei-Qin Wang
    • Tomohide Natsuaki
    • Seiichi Okuda

    VIRAL AND VIROID DISEASES Pages: 52 - 56

11. An antagonistic rhizoplane bacterium Pseudomonas sp. strain EC-S101 physiologically stresses a spinach root rot pathogen Aphanomyces cochlioides

    • Abhinandan Deora
    • Yasuyuki Hashidoko
    • Satoshi Tahara

    DISEASE CONTROL Pages: 57 - 64

12. Survey of mutations of a histidine kinase gene BcOS1 in dicarboximide-resistant field isolates of Botrytis cinerea

    • Michiyo Oshima
    • Shinpei Banno
    • Makoto Fujimura

    DISEASE CONTROL Pages: 65 - 73

13. Anthracnose of centipede grass caused by Colletotrichum caudatum

    • Kazunori Fuke
    • Naofumi Hozumi
    • Akitoshi Tajimi

    DISEASE NOTE Pages: 74 - 75