Fungal Biology
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Fungal Biology

  1. 379 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Fungal Biology

About this book

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Fungal Biology is the fully updated new edition of this undergraduate text, covering all major areas of fungal biology and providing insights into many topical areas.

  • Provides insights into many topical areas such as fungal ultrastructure and the mechanisms of fungal growth, important fungal metabolites and the molecular techniques used to study fungal populations.
  • Focuses on the interactions of fungi that form the basis for developing biological control agents, with several commercial examples of the control of insect pests and plant diseases.
  • Emphasises the functional biology of fungi, with examples from recent research.
  • Includes a clear illustrative account of the features and significance of the main fungal groups.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9781405130660
Edition
4
eBook ISBN
9781444309195
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Botany
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1 Introduction: the fungi and fungal activities
  3. Chapter 2 The diversity of fungi and fungus-like organisms
  4. Chapter 3 Fungal structure and ultrastructure
  5. Chapter 4 Fungal growth
  6. Chapter 5 Differentiation and development
  7. Chapter 6 Fungal nutrition
  8. Chapter 7 Fungal metabolism and fungal products
  9. Chapter 8 Environmental conditions for growth, and tolerance of extremes
  10. Chapter 9 Fungal genetics, molecular genetics, and genomics
  11. Chapter 10 Fungal spores, spore dormancy, and spore dispersal
  12. Chapter 11 Fungal ecology: saprotrophs
  13. Chapter 12 Fungal interactions: mechanisms and practical exploitation
  14. Chapter 13 Fungal symbiosis
  15. Chapter 14 Fungi as plant pathogens
  16. Chapter 15 Fungal parasites of insects and nematodes
  17. Chapter 16 “The moulds of man”
  18. Chapter 17 Principles and practice of controlling fungal growth
  19. Sources
  20. Systematic index
  21. General index

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