In a completely revised and updated new edition, this book covers food and fodder, fungal secondary metabolites and detoxification, biology, disease control and management, symbiontic fungi and mycorrhiza and phytopathogenicity.

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.

A completely updated and revised new edition Written by experts in the field Richly illustrated Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

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.