Synopsis Contents: 1. Phytopathogenic fungi: from gene-for-gene to genomics/A. Pain, A.K. Dhar and C. Chattopadhyay. 2. Integrated disease management as a holistic approach to rice production/K. Muralidharan and C.S. Reddy. 3. Biology, epidemiology and management of apple leaf spot diseases - a review/J.N. Sharma, Ravinder Kumar and L.N. Bhardwaj. 4. Pathogenesis-related proteins in plant defence/B.N. Chakraborty and M. Sharma. 5. Integrated nematode management in groundnut and castor crops/D.J. Patel and S.K. Patel. 6. Zearalenone a potent mycotoxin of great concern/S.M. Reddy, S. Girisham and K. Narasimha Rao. 7. Taxonomy of glomeromycota: a review/B.F. Rodrigues. 8. Bioinformatics: molecular sequence analysis applications in plant virology - a primer/D.V.R. Sai Gopal and A.M. Anthony Johnson. 9. Mycotoxins : toxicity, diagnosis, regulations and control through biotechnology/Kaushal K. Sinha and Ajoy K. Choudhary. 10. Molecular genetics of 'Mob-Attack' by phytopathogenic bacteria/Appa Rao Podile, Debashish Dey and Burla Sashidhar. 11. Molecular basis of plants interaction with the pathogen/A. Snehalatharani, M. Shashikanth, Mubarak Begum, J. Madhusudhana Reddy and K. Ulaganathan. 12. Plant quarantine in India in the wake of international agreements: a review/R.K. Khetarpal and Kavita Gupta. 13. Status of microbial pesticides in India/S. Chavan, M. Kulkarni and M.V. Deshpande. 14. Suppression of plant parasites including nematodes by A M Fungi induced resistance in plants/Subhash Bhargava, Mahaveer P. Sharma, Rakesh Pandey and H.N. Gour.