Murphy, Phillip James2006-12-282006-12-2819951995http://hdl.handle.net/2440/18631Bibliography: leaves 153-185.[ix], 200, [29] leaves, [6] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.Vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhiza formation is a complex process which is under the genetic control of both plant and fungus. This project aims to develop a model infection system in Hordeum vulgare L. (barley) suitable for molecular analysis; to identify host plant genes differentially expressed during the early stages of the infection process; and to screen a mutant barley population for phenotypes which form abnormal mycorrhizas.284558 bytesapplication/pdfenVesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas.Symbiosis.Plant molecular biology.Barley Genetics.Thesis