Papers presented at a symposium held in Apr. 1991 at Birmingham University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sexual signalling in Chlamydomonas -- Gamete recognition and fertilisation in the fucoid algae -- Fungal surface and its role in sexual interactions -- Gamete recognition in angiosperms -- Molecular biology of self-incompatible responses -- Cell surface arabinogalactan proteins, arabinogalactans and plant development -- Local and systemic signalling during a plant defence response -- Contact sensing during infection by fungal pathogens -- Electrophysiology of root-zoospore interactions -- Molecular differentiation and development of the host-parasite interface in powdery mildew of pea -- Recognition signals and initiation of host responses controlling basic incompatibility between fungi and plants -- Cell surface interactions in endomycorrhizal symbiosis -- Host recognition in the Rhizobium leguminosarum-pea symbiosis -- Rhizobium trap : root hair curling in root-nodule symbiosis -- Structure and function of Rhizobium lipopolysaccharide in relation to legume nodule development.