Effects of Disease on the Physiology of the Growing Plant

Disease and crop yield: the problems and prospects for agriculture. Photosynthesis in healthy and diseased plants. Energy use and metabolic regulation in plant-pathogen interactions. Patterns of translocation, storage and interconvension of carbohydrates. Transport of host assimilates to the pathogen. Effects of root-infecting fungi on structure and function of cereal roots. Effects of disease on plant water relations. The involvement of growth regulators in the diseased plant. Alterations in secondary metabolism. Disease and crop physiology: a modeller's pont of view.