"Version: 20250601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. The arms race of plants and pathogens : an introduction / Kriti Tyagi and Ashish Ranjan -- 2. Surveillance at the surface : pattern- and damage-triggered immunity in plants / Anjan Barman -- 3. Fine-tuning the responses : role of phytohormones and their crosstalk in plant defence / Shakuntala E. Pillai and Ravinayak Pa…