This volume of Advances in Botanical Research incorporating Advances in Plant Pathology includes five reviews on a variety of topics including: * Foliar Endophytes and Their Interactions with Host Plants, with Specific Reference to the Gymnospermae * Plants in Search of Sunlight * The Mechanics of Root Anchorage * Molecular Genetics of Sulphate Assimilation * Pathogenecity, Host-specificity, and Population Biology of Taesia spp, Causal Agents of Eyespot Disease of Cereals