Agricultural applications

Author(s)

• Kempken, Frank

Bibliographic Information

Agricultural applications

volume editor, F. Kempken

（The Mycota : a comprehensive treatise on fungi as experimental systems for basic and applied research / edited by K. Esser and P.A. Lemke, 11）

Springer, c2013

2nd ed

• : [hbk.]

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Food and Fodder 1 Genetics and Genomics of the Cultivated Mushrooms, Application to Breeding of Agarics Jean-Michel Savoie, Marie Foulongne-Oriol, Gerard Barroso, Philippe Callac 2 Fungal spoilage of crops and food Jan Dijksterhus, Jos Houbrken, and Robert A. Samson Fungal Secondary Metabolites and Detoxification 3 Genetics, Biosynthesis and Regulation of Aflatoxins and other Aspergillus flavus Secondary Metabolites Saori Amaike, Katharyn J. Affeldt, and Nancy P. Keller 4 Fungal Toxins of Agricultural Importance Richard D. Johnson, Yasunori Akagi, Damien J. Fleetwood, Donald M. Gardiner, Motoichiro Kodama, Carolyn A. Young and Christine R. Voisey 5 Organopollutant Degradation by Wood Decay Basidiomycetes Yitzhak Hadar and Daniel Cullen Biology, Disease Control and Management 6 Biological Control of Weeds with Fungi Harry C. Evans 7 Disease Management of Phoma Infections Johannes Woestemeyer 8 Biology, Diversity and Management of FHB-Causing Fusarium Species in Small-Grain Cereals Rayko Becher, Thomas Miedaner and Stefan G. R. Wirsel 9 Ecological and Economical Importance of Parasitic Zoosporic True Fungi Kerstin Voigt, Agostina V. Marano and Frank H. Gleason Symbiontic Fungi and Mycorrhiza 10 New Insights into Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis Evolution and Function Claire Veneault-Fourrey and Francis Martin 11 Ectomycorrhiza-Specific Gene Expression Erika Kothe, Ines Schlunk, Dominik Senftleben, and Katrin Krause Phytopathogenicity 12 Rust Fungi: Achievements and Future Challenges on Genomics and Host-Parasite Interactions Diana Fernandez, Pedro Talhinhas, Sebastien Duplessis 13 The Biotrophy - Necrotrophy Switch in Fungal Pathogenesis Ralf Horbach and Holger B. Deising 14 Pectin as a Barrier and Nutrient Source for Fungal Plant Pathogens Lisha Zhang, Jan A.L. van Kan

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Details

• NCID: BB14262119
• ISBN:
  • 9783642368202
• LCCN: 2013950615
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Heidelberg
• Pages/Volumes: xxv, 393 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 630.2795
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Fungi in agriculture
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA2332944X