This paper deals with the conditions that ensure the blow-up phenomenon or
its absence for solutions of the system u(t) = Deltau(mu) + v(P)e(alphau),
v(t) = Deltav(v) + u(q)e(betav) with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary data. T
he results depend crucially on the sign of the difference pq - muv and on t
he domain Omega. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.