Citation:

7 Host—parasite interactions. Chapter 7. Pages 89-109. In: Charles E Palm (editor). 1968. Plant-Disease Development and Control. Principles of Plant and Animal Pest Control. Volume 1. Publication No. 1596. Agricultural Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, 205 pages. ISBN 6860085

Keywords: pathogenic substances produced by microorganisms, biological specificity of pathogenic chemicals, number and distribution in diseased plants, the nature of host responses, disease resistance escape, and tolerance, general types of disease resistance, passive and induced resistance, induced morphological barriers, induced chemical barriers, host factors promoting susceptibility, symptom production, necrosis and discoloration, wilting, growth abnormalities, general metabolic responses, nutrition and disease development, translocation and photosynthesis, intermediary metabolism, parasitic growth and development in the host, role of the host in parasite nutrition, reproduction of inoculum