The title will develop from the 24th Stadler symposium. It will explore the general theme "GENOME EXPLOITATION: Data Mining the Genomes". The idea behind the theme is to discuss and illustrate how scientists are going to characterize and make use of the massive amount of information being accumulated about plant and animal genomes. The book will present a state-of-the-art picture on mining the Genome databases. This will be one of the few times that researchers in both plants and animals will be working together to create a seminal data resource.

Roles of Plant Hormones in Plant Resistance and Susceptibility to Pathogens.- Canine Genetics Facilitates Understanding of Human Biology.- Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae AvrXA21 Activity Is Dependent on a Type One Secretion System, Is Regulated by a Two-Component Regulatory System that Responds to Cell Population Density, and Is Conserved in Other Xanthomonas spp..- Unraveling the Genetic Mysteries of the Cat: New Discoveries in Feline-Inherited Diseases and Traits.- Variation in Chicken Gene Structure and Expression Associated with Food-Safety Pathogen Resistance: Integrated Approaches to Salmonella Resistance.- Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics of the Phytophthora sojae Soybean Interaction.- Canine SINEs and Their Effects on Phenotypes of the Domestic Dog.- Ovine Disease Resistance: Integrating Comparative and Functional Genomics Approaches in a Genome Information-Poor Species.- Integrating Genomics to Understand the Marek¿s Disease Virus ¿ Chicken Host¿Pathogen Interaction.- Combining Genomic Tools to Dissect Multifactorial Virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.- Genetic Dissection of the Interaction Between the Plant Pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria and Its Host Plants.- Structure and Function of RXLR Effectors of Plant Pathogenic Oomycetes.- The Biotrophic Phase of Ustilago maydis: Novel Determinants for Compatibility.- Virulence Evolution in Malaria.- The Ins and Outs of Host Recognition of Magnaporthe oryzae.