Growth and Defence in Plants

The balance between resource sequestration and retention - a challenge in plant science.- Common links of molecular biology with biochemistry and physiology in plants under ozone and pathogen attack.- Host-parasite interactions and trade-offs between growth and defence related metabolism under changing environments.- Conifer Defense Against Insects and Fungal Pathogens.- The rhizosphere: molecular interactions between microorganisms and roots.- Stores as substrate sources of respiration - effects of nitrogen stress and day length.- Tracing carbon fluxes - resolving complexity using isotopes.- Solar radiation as a driver for growth and competition in forest stands.- Site conditions and tree-internal nutrient partitioning in mature European beech and Norway spruce at the Kranzberger Forst.- Plants and their ectomycorrhizosphere - cost and benefit of symbiotic soil organisms.- Case study "Kranzberger Forst" - growth and defence in European beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) and Norway spruce ( Picea abies (L.) Karst.).- Growth and space use in competitive interactions between juvenile trees.- Allometry of tree crown structure. Relevance for space occupation at the individual plant level and for self-thinning at the stand level.- Principles of growth partitioning between trees in forest stands under stress.- Mechanistic modelling of soil-plant-atmosphere systems.- Learning from various plants and scenarios - statistical modeling.- Modeling the defensive potential of plants.- Effects of stress and defence allocation on tree growth - simulation results at the individual and stand level.- Predictability of plant resource allocation - new theory needed?- Conclusions and Perspectives.