Fungi (Progress in Mycological Research)
The book deals with the application of fungi and the strategic management of some plant pathogens. It covers fungal bioactive metabolites, with emphasis on those secondary metabolites that are produced by various endophytes, their pharmaceutical and agricultural uses, regulation of the metabolites, mycotoxins, nutritional value of mushrooms, prospecting of thermophilic and wood-rotting fungi, and fungi as myconano factories. Strategies for the management of some plant pathogenic fungi of rice an...
Offers a comprehensive and thoroughly integrated treatment of the biology of the fungi and deals with the application of fungi and the strategic management of some plant pathogens. The information presented here is intended for everyone interested in fungi, anyone who needs tools to study them in nature including naturalists, land managers, ecologists, mycologists, and even citizen scientists and sophisticated amateurs.
Agriculture and Food Production (Applied Mycology and Biotechnology, #1)
This volume of Applied Mycology and Biotechnology completes the set of two volumes dedicated to the coverage of recent developments on the theme "Agriculture and Food Production". The first volume provided overview on fungal physiology, metabolism, genetics and biotechnology and highlighted their connection with particular applications to food production. The second volume examines various specific applications of mycology and fungal biotechnology to food production and processing. In the second...
Biology and Activities of Yeasts
The Neurospora Compendium
by David D Perkins, Alan Radford, and Matthew S Sachs
The fungi have been major players in the molecular revolution that has transformed biology. Because they can be manipulated as microorganisms, yeast and Neurospora provide information that is difficult to acquire with plants and animals, and experimental findings with fungi often throw light on corresponding processes in plants and animals. The filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa has become a valuable model organism because of its favorable features for genetic analysis and because of the vast...
Handbook of Food Microbiological Analytical Methods
by Ismail Mohamed Al Bulushi
THE Handbook of Food Microbiological Analytical Methods includes 31 topics and experiments distributed throughout five chapters, namely basic microbial skills, the enumeration of different microorganisms in foods, identification techniques and determination of microbial activities. Besides, the handbook includes useful sources in food microbial analyses such as the Food Microbiology E-sources and the primers for identification of common microbial pathogens. This handbook aims to provide and deve...
Grow delicious edible mushrooms indoors or outdoors, in your garden or on your balcony, and enjoy them fresh throughout the year. This practical book explains how to grow fungi, with easy-to-understand instructions: Methods and growing-media for indoors and outGetting your mushrooms started and caring for themHow to harvest, store, and preserve your mushrooms all year roundIn-depth descriptions of the most popular varieties This beautifully designed book is the perfect introduction to mushrooms...
Designed as a resource for botanists and all those interested in fungi, and suitable for the general reader or student looking for background reading, the focus of this text is the larger fungi; those which have an obvious fruiting body. Roy Watling MBE, a respected mycologist who has written widely on the subject of fungi, sheds light on these intriguing organisms in a clear, accessible text illustrated with colour photographs on every page. In a world without fungi, all the fallen trees, dead...
Yeast Gene Analysis (Methods in Microbiology)
by Ian Stansfield and Mike Stark
Focusing on Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the second edition of Yeast Gene Analysis represents a major reworking of the original edition, with many completely new chapters and major revisions to all previous chapters. Originally published shortly after completion of the yeast genome sequence, the new edition covers many of the major genome-wide strategies that have been developed since then such as microarray analysis of transcription, synthetic gene array studies, protein microarrays and chemical g...
Methods in Yeast Genetics
by Chris Kaiser, Susan Michaelis, and Aaron Mitchell
Working with Mycorrhizas in Forestry and Agriculture (ACIAR Monographs, No 32)
by M. Brundett, N. Bougher, B. Dell, T. Grove, and N. Malajczuk
Mycorrhizas are highly evoloved mutualistic associations between the soil fungi and plant roots. The partners in the association are members of the fungus kingdom and most vascular plants. This manual explains procedures used by scientists who work with mycorrhizal fungi and roots in the laboratory, nursery, or natural and managed ecosystems. Many of the techniques use readily obtainable and relatively inexpensive equipment and chemicals.
Guide to the Use of Terms in Plant Pathology (Phytopathological Paper)
Mushroom Identification - With Chapters on Common, Edible and Poisonous Fungi
by Various