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.

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Genetics and Genomics of the Cultivated Mushrooms, Application to Breeding of Agarics.- Fungal Spoilage of Crops and Food.- Genetics, Biosynthesis and Regulation of Aflatoxins and other Aspergillus flavus Secondary Metabolites.- Fungal Toxins of Agricultural Importance.-Organopollutant Degradation by Wood Decay Basidiomycetes.- Biological Control of Weeds with Fungi.- Disease Management of Phoma Infections.- Biology, Diversity and Management of FHB-Causing Fusarium Species in Small-Grain Cereals.- Ecological and Economical Importance of Parasitic Zoosporic True Fungi.- New Insights into Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis Evolution and Function.- Ectomycorrhiza-Specific Gene Expression.- Rust Fungi: Achievements and Future Challenges on Genomics and Host-Parasite Interactions.- The Biotrophy Necrotrophy Switch in Fungal Pathogenesis.- Pectin as a Barrier and Nutrient Source for Fungal Plant Pathogens.