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Examines the quantitative trait loci and comparative genomics of cereal cell wall composition. Effect of QTL in the content of xylose; Prediction of P1-derived artificial chromosomes rice clones covering the QTL to encode 117 and 125 proteins; Process of cell wall biosynthesis.

Discusses plant pathogens. Reliance by bacterial pathogens on the 'Type III' secretion system with which they infiltrate virulence proteins directly into the cells of their host; 'Virus-induced gene silencing' mechanism in both animals and plants; Reliance by the coevolution of plants and their microbial pathogens on secondary metabolism; Types of secondary metabolites, including terpenoids, alkaloids and flavonoids; Role of the metabolite avenacin in resistance of oats to certain fungi; Tomatinase mutants of S. lycopersici.