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In the opening chapter of the 2008 edition of the annual series, Roger Hull reflects on his career as a plant pathologist at the John Innes Center in the United Kingdom. Several of the remaining 15 chapters review the latest findings regarding how effectors manipulate plant immunity, the role of stomata in plant innate immunity, novel antimicrobial peptides for plant protection, and plant virus capsids as biotemplates for nanomaterials. Other topics include the origins of plant pathogens in agro-ecosystems, models of fungicide resistance dynamics, the plant and insect lifestyles of Xylella fastidiosa, and insect vector interactions with persistently transmitted viruses. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
