Sect. I. Infection Processes -- Ch. 1. Penetration of Cuticles by Plant Pathogens -- Sect. II. Plant Pathogenesis -- Ch. 2. Degradation of Cell Walls by Plant Pathogens -- Ch. 3. Bioenergetics in Plant-pathogen Interactions -- Ch. 4. Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis and the Effects of Diseases on Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation -- Ch. 5. Growth Regulators and Plant Tumorigenesis -- Ch. 6. Phytotoxins and Plant Pathogenesis -- Sect. III. Signal Transduction -- Ch. 7. Signal Transduction in Plant-Microbe Interactions -- Sect. IV. Dynamics of Plant Defense -- Ch. 8. Fortification of Plant Cell Walls as a Resistance Mechanism -- Ch. 9. Accumulation of Phytoalexins as a Resistance Mechanism -- Ch. 10. Pathogenesis-related Proteins and Disease Resistance