Aspects of Tropical Mycology

Klappentext Considers the role of fungi in the tropical ecosystem and their potential as a source of useful, novel compounds. Zusammenfassung An important reference for biochemists! molecular biologists! ecologists! conservationists and pathologists alike! providing a synthesis of field and laboratory work from past and present studies! and emphasising directions for the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. I am part of all that I have met; 2. Tropical fungi: their commercial potential; 3. The tropical fungal biota: census pertinence, prophylaxis and prognosis; 4. The ecology of tropical leaf litter fungi; 5. Interactions between the pathogen Crinipellis perniciosa and cocoa tissue; 6. Ecology of tropical marine fungi; 7. Distribution of Zygomycotina - the tropical connection; 8. Tropical hyphomyetes from submerged litter in freshwater streams; 9. Nutrient cycling by fungi in wet tropical forests; 10. Molecular genetics of Colletotrichum gloesporoides on Stylosanthes spp.; 11. Armillaria in tropical Africa; Heterobasidiomycetes in the tropics; Tropical polypores; 12. Looking for ectomycorrhizal trees and ectomycorrhizal fungi in tropical Africa; 13. Similarities and differences in the macromycete floras and biological strategies in selected tropical areas; 14. New and interesting Xylariaceae from the tropics and subtropics; the habitat factor; 15. Fungi in desert ecosystems: interactions with the soil biota.

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• Authors: British Mycological Society, Susan (University of Liverpool) Frankland Isaac, Susan Etc. Frankland Isaac
• Assisted by: Juliet C Frankland (Editor), Juliet C. Frankland (Editor), Julietc Frankland (Editor), Susan Isaac (Editor), Roy Watling (Editor), Anthony J S Whalley (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.1993
• EAN: 9780521450508
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45050-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Serie Rouge; Serie Rouge
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Nature guide; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany