Advances in Macrofungi: Industrial Avenues and Prospects

Author:   Kandikere R. Sridhar (Mangalore University, India) ,  Sunil K. Deshmukh
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367562052


Pages:   374
Publication Date:   01 September 2021
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Author:   Kandikere R. Sridhar (Mangalore University, India) ,  Sunil K. Deshmukh
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.866kg
ISBN:  

9780367562052


ISBN 10:   0367562057
Pages:   374
Publication Date:   01 September 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Past, Present and Future of Macrofungal Applications: Old Friends, Yet Unknown Strangers CULTIVATION AND MARKET 2. Commercial Cultivation Techniques of Mushrooms 3. Mushroom Market in Malaysia INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS 4. Bioprospecting Macrofungi for Biotechnological and Biomedical Applications 5. Infrequent Current and Potential Applications of Mushrooms 6. Industrial Applications of Truffles and Truffle-like Fungi 7. Industrial and Biotechnological Applications of Pleurotus 8. Macrofungi in the Production of Alcoholic Beverages: Beer, Wine, and Spirits 9. Biochemical Profile of Six Wild Edible Mushrooms of the Western Ghats 10. Truffles: A Potential Source of Bioactive Compounds ENZYMES 11. Potential Biotechnological Applications of Enzymes from Macrofungi 12. Enzymes of White Rot Fungi and their Industrial Potential PIGMENTS 13. Industrial Applications of Pigments from Macrofungi 14. Colourful Macrofungi and their Pigment Structures 15. Insights on the Structural and Functional Attributes of Melanin from Termitophilic Agaricales BIOREMEDIATION 16. Macrofungal Mycelia as Sources of Biopesticides

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Kandikere R. Sridhar is an adjunct faculty member at Mangalore and Yenepoya Universities, India. His main areas of research are Diversity and Ecology of Fungi of the Western Ghats and Marine Habitats. He was NSERC postdoctoral fellow/visiting professor at: Mount Allison University, Canada; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ and Martin Luther University, Germany; Centre of Biology, University of Minho, Portugal. He is a Distinguished Asian Mycologist and Outstanding Leader in Education and Research at the Association of Agricultural Technology, Southeast Asia. He is placed in the world's top 2% of scientists in mycology. Sunil K. Deshmukh is a veteran industrial mycologist who has spent a significant part of his career at Hoechst Marion Roussel Limited, Mumbai and Piramal Enterprises Limited, Mumbai. He has also served as Fellow at Nano-Biotechnology Centre, TERI, New Delhi and Adjunct Associate Professor at Deakin University, Australia. He is a fellow of the Mycological Society of India (MSI), the Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy, the Scoiety for Applied Biotechnology and the Maharashtra Academy of Science. He was the past President of the Mycological Society of India (2017). He has over 120 publications, 8 patents and has edited 10 books.

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