DEFENSE GENES IN TOMATO -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- RESISTANCE AND SUSCEPTIBILITY -- PATHOGEN RECOGNITION -- SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION -- (A) MITOGEN-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN (MAP) KINASE SIGNALLING -- (B) SYSTEMIN SIGNALLING -- (C) JASMONIC ACID/JASMONATE (JA) SIGNALLING -- (D) ETHYLENE SIGNALLING -- (E) SALICYLIC ACID SIGNALLING -- PLANT DEFENSE GENES AND PROTEINS -- (A) GENES ENCODING CELL WALL MODIFICATIONS -- (B) GENES FOR SECONDARY METABOLISM -- PATHOGENESIS-RELATED (PR)GENES AND PROTEINS -- (A) PR-1 FAMILY -- (B) CELL WALL DEGRADING PR PROTEINS -- (C) MEMBRANE INTERACTING PR PROTEINS -- (D) PR PROTEINS AND REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS) ACTIVITY -- (E) MISCELLANEOUS PATHOGENESIS- RELATED PROTEINS -- PLANT DEFENSE ANDPRIMARY METABOLISM -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.