Applied mycology /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2009.
• Subjects: Mycology.; Agriculture (General); Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Natural Resources (General); Food Science and Food Products (Human); Microbial Technology in Food Processing.; Biotechnology (General), (Revised June 2002); Fermentation Technology and Industrial Microbiology, (New June 2002); Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Fungi.; Agriculture.; Alcoholic beverages.; Applied research.; Beers.; Biotechnology.; Environment.; Enzymes.; Food.; Forestry.; Medical mycology.; Medicine.; Spoilage.; Electronic books.
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This book is intended to provide both students and researchers with a broad background to some of the fastest developing areas in current applied mycology. A range of contributions are given to highlight the diverse nature of current applied mycology research. The opening chapter of this volume prov...

Table of Contents:

• Mycology : a neglected megascience / David L. Hawksworth
• Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant symbiosis under stress conditions : ecological implications of drought, flooding and salinity / Ileana V. García and Rodolfo E. Mendoza
• An overview of orhratoxin research / János Varga, Sándor Koscubé, Zsanett Péteri and Robert A. Samson
• Improvement of controlled mycorrhizal usage in forest nurseries / Robin Duponnois, D. Diouf, A. Galiana and Y. Prin
• Fungi in the tree canopy : an appraisal / K.R. Sridhar
• Ecology of endophytic fungi associated with leaf litter decomposition / Takashi Osono and Dai Hirose
• Brewing yeast in action : beer fermentation / Pieter J. Verbelen and Freddy R. Delvaux
• Genomic adaption of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to inhibitors for lignocellulosic biomass conversion to ethanol / Zonglin Lewis Liu and Mingzhou Song
• Spoilage yeasts and other fungi : their roles in modern ecology / Manuel Malfeito-Ferreira and Virgilio Loureiro
• Medicinal potential of Ganoderma lucidum / Daniel Sliva
• Current advances in dematiaceous mycotic infections / Sanjay G. Revankar
• Biotechnological aspects of Trichoderma spp. / A.M. Rincón, T. Benítex, A. C. Codón and M. A. Moreno-Mateos
• Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a molecular tool for the study of fungal pathogens / Carol M. McClelland and Brian L. Wickes
• Myconanotechnology : a new and emerging science / Mahendra Rai, Alka Yadav, Paul Bridge and Aniket Gade
• Current advances in fungal chitinases / Duochuan Li and Anna Li
• Extracellular proteases of mycoparasitic and nematophagous fungi / László Kredics, Sándor Kocsubé, Zsuzanna Antla, Lóránt Hatvani, László Manczinger and Csaba Vágvölgyi.