Plant Physiol, October 2000, Vol. 124, pp. 499-506
Plant Signaling 2000. Cross Talk Among Geneticists,
Physiologists, and Ecologists1
Daniel J.
Cosgrove,*
Simon
Gilroy,
Teh-hui
Kao,
Hong
Ma, and
Jack C.
Schultz
Departments of Biology (D.J.C., S.G., H.M.), Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology (T.K.), and Entomology (J.C.S.), Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
Plants respond in complex ways to their environment, to their
internal physiological status, and to the activity of other plants,
pathogens, herbivores, and organisms. Plant Signaling 2000, a symposium
sponsored by the Penn State Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant
Physiology (May 18-20, 2000), explored the machinery underlying these
responses and their potential for cross talk. We recount here some of
the major themes emerging from this interdisciplinary symposium, which
ranged from genetic and biochemical analyses of signaling pathways in
Arabidopsis and other model plants to field studies of plants
responding to insect damage.
1
This symposium was supported by National Science
Foundation Training Grants (grant nos. DGE-9354969 and DBI-9413294)
and by Pennsylvania State University.
*
Corresponding author; e-mail dcosgrove{at}psu.edu; fax
814-865-9131.
© 2000 American Society of Plant Physiologists
