Overview

The fungal kingdom consists of a wide variety of organisms with a diverse range of forms and functions. Fungi have been utilized for thousands of years and their importance in agriculture, medicine, food production and the environmental sciences is well known. New advances in genomic and metabolomic technologies have allowed further developments in the use of fungi in industry and medicine, increasing the need for a compilation of new applications, developments and technologies across the mycological field. Applied Mycology brings together a range of contributions, highlighting the diverse nature of current research. Chapters include discussions of fungal associations in the environment, agriculture and forestry, long established and novel applications of fungi in fermentation, the use of fungi in the pharmaceutical industry, the growing recognition of fungal infections, current interests in the use fungal enzymes in biotechnology and the new and emerging field of myconanotechnology. Demonstrating the broad coverage and importance of mycological research, this book will be of interest to researchers and students in all biological sciences.

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Author:   Mahendra Rai (SGB Amravati University, India) ,  Paul Bridge (formerly CABI, UK) ,  Paul Bridge (CABI, Egham, UK) ,  Paul Bridge (CABI, Egham, UK)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.920kg
ISBN:  

9781845935344

ISBN 10:   1845935349
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   14 August 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1: Mycology: an Overlooked Megascience - David Hawksworth I: Environment, Agriculture and Forestry 2: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Symbiosis Under Stress Conditions: Ecological Implications of Drought, Flooding and Salinity - Ileana V. Garcia and Rodolfo E. Mendoza 3: An Overview of Ochratoxin Research - Janos Varga, Sandor Kocsube, Zsanett Peteri and Robert A. Samson 4: Improvement of Controlled Mycorrhiza Usage in Forest Nurseries - Robin Duponnois, D. Diouf. , A. Galiana and Y. Prin 5: Fungi in Tree Canopy: an Appraisal - K.R. Sridhar 6: Ecology of Endophytic Fungi Associated with Leaf Litter Decomposition - Takashi Osono and Dai Hirose II: Food, Food Products and Medicine 7: Brewing Yeast in Action: Beer Fermentation - Pieter J. Verbelen1 and Freddy R. Delvaux 8: Genomic Adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Inhibitors Involving Lignocellulosic Biomass Conversion to Ethanol - Zonglin Lewis Liu and Mingzhou Joe Song 9: Spoilage Yeasts and Other Fungi: Their roles in Modern Enology - M. Malfeito-Ferreira and V. Loureiro 10: Medicinal Potential of Ganoderma lucidum - Daniel Sliva 11: Current Advances in Dematiaceous Mycotic Infections - Sanjay Revankar III: Biotechnology and Emerging Science 12: Biotechnological Aspects of Trichoderma spp. - A.M. Rincon, T. Benitez, A.C. Codon and M.A. Moreno-Mateos 13: Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a Molecular Tool for the Study of Fungal Pathogens - Carol M. McClell and and Brian L. Wickes 14: Myconanotechnology: a New and Emerging Science - Mahendra Rai, Alka Yadav, Paul Bridge, Aniket Gade 15: Current Advances in Fungal Chitinases - Duochuan Li and Anna Li 16: Extracellular Proteases of Mycoparasitic and Nematophagous Fungi - Laszlo Kredics, Sandor Kocsube, Zsuzsanna Antal, Lorant Hatvani, Laszlo Manczinger, Csaba Vagvoelgyi

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The book is highly recommended for students and researchers with interests in applied mycology, and for anyone dealing with food, plant, pharmaceutical, medical and envrionmental sciences.

The book is highly recommended for students and researchers with interests in applied mycology, and for anyone dealing with food, plant, pharmaceutical, medical and envrionmental sciences. --Cvetomir M. Denchev Mycologia Balcanica -The book is highly recommended for students and researchers with interests in applied mycology, and for anyone dealing with food, plant, pharmaceutical, medical and envrionmental sciences.---Cvetomir M. Denchev -Mycologia Balcanica -

The book is highly recommended for students and researchers with interests in applied mycology, and for anyone dealing with food, plant, pharmaceutical, medical and envrionmental sciences. --Cvetomir M. Denchev Mycologia Balcanica

Author Information

Paul Dennis Bridge was previously Director of Bioservices at CABI, Head of Evolutionary Biology Group at British Antarctic Survey, and Kew Chair of Mycology at Birkbeck. He has 30 years history in practical microbial systematics in agricultural and environmental programmes. Author of over 150 scientific papers, chapters and reviews and co-editor for 10 books.

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