The Mycota - 11: Agricultural Applications

This volume covers the high relevance of fungi for agriculture. It is a completely updated and revised second edition with fourteen excellent chapters by leading scientists in their fields and offers a comprehensive review of the latest achievements and developments.

Topics include: Food and fodder; fungal secondary metabolites and detoxification; biology, disease control and management; symbiontic fungi and mycorrhiza; and phytopathogenicity.

List of contents

Genetics and Genomics of the Cultivated Mushrooms, Application to Breeding of Agarics.- Fungal Spoilage of Crops and Food.- Genetics, Biosynthesis and Regulation of Aflatoxins and other Aspergillus flavus Secondary Metabolites.- Fungal Toxins of Agricultural Importance.-Organopollutant Degradation by Wood Decay Basidiomycetes.- Biological Control of Weeds with Fungi.- Disease Management of Phoma Infections.- Biology, Diversity and Management of FHB-Causing Fusarium Species in Small-Grain Cereals.- Ecological and Economical Importance of Parasitic Zoosporic True Fungi.- New Insights into Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis Evolution and Function.- Ectomycorrhiza-Specific Gene Expression.- Rust Fungi: Achievements and Future Challenges on Genomics and Host-Parasite Interactions.- The Biotrophy - Necrotrophy Switch in Fungal Pathogenesis.- Pectin as a Barrier and Nutrient Source for Fungal Plant Pathogens.

Summary

This volume covers the high relevance of fungi for agriculture. It is a completely updated and revised second edition with fourteen excellent chapters by leading scientists in their fields and offers a comprehensive review of the latest achievements and developments. Topics include: Food and fodder; fungal secondary metabolites and detoxification; biology, disease control and management; symbiontic fungi and mycorrhiza; and phytopathogenicity.

Product details

• Assisted by: Karl Esser (Editor), Fran Kempken (Editor), Frank Kempken (Editor), Paul A. Lemke (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9783662495933
• ISBN: 978-3-662-49593-3
• No. of pages: 393
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 22 mm x 254 mm
• Weight: 786 g
• Illustrations: XXV, 393 p. 50 illus., 19 illus. in color.
• Sets: The Mycota; The Mycota
• Series: The Mycota; The Mycota
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; B, Microbiology (non-medical), Nutrition, biochemistry, biotechnology, microbiology, Agriculture, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Botany & plant sciences, Industrial Microbiology, Applied Microbiology, Genetics (non-medical), Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Microbial genomics, Microbial Genetics, Plant Pathology, Eukaryotic Microbiology