The papers assembled in this volume were originally presented at the joint meeting of the Phytochemical Society of North America and Phytochemical Society of Europe held in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, April 20-23, 1997. The meeting was organized by an international panel of scientists from both societies. The symposium from which the related contributions on phytochemi cal signaling and plant-microbe interactions were taken was entitled "Commu nication of Plants with the Environment." The chapters included in this volume cover traditional areas in plant chemical ecology, as well as...