{"product_id":"biotechnology-of-fungi-for-improving-plant-growth-hardback-9780521382366","title":"Biotechnology of Fungi for Improving Plant Growth (Hardback) 9780521382366","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBiotechnology of Fungi for Improving Plant Growth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBased on a 1988 British Mycological Society symposium, this book reviews how fungi can improve plant growth.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. M. Whipps (Edited by), R. D. Lumsden (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521382366, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 January 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.5 x 2.2 cm, 0.648 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...should serve admirably to raise the level of awareness and understanding of these common problems among disparate groups of scientists that do not normally follow each others' respective literatures. The editors are to be congratulated for assembling such an interesting and diverse range of approaches to using fungi to protect and to increase overall productivity in agricultural and silvicultural systems.\"  Richard A. Humber, Mycologia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBased on a British Mycological Society symposium held in September 1988, this book provides a timely review of the increasingly diverse ways in which fungi are being used to improve plant growth and examines the reasons for the rapid advancement in their commercialisation. Reflecting the increasing interest in biocontrol, a significant proportion of the book considers fungi as biocontrol agents, examining their specific use in the control of weeds, parasitic insects and nematodes, and plant pathogenic fungi, as well as covering more general commercial and environmental aspects. Relevant techniques in molecular biology are described and their possible application in this area examined. Chapters on the use of mutualistically symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi for the improvement of plant growth are also included.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The use of specific ectomycorrhizas to improve artificial forestation practices D. H. Marx and C. E. Cordell\u003cbr\u003e 2. The cultivation of ectomycorrhizal fungi L. M. Harvey, J. E. Smith, B. Kristiansen, J. Neill and E. Senior\u003cbr\u003e 3. Potentialities and procedures for the use of endomycorrhizas with special emphasis on high value crops S. Gianinazzi, V. Gianinazzi-Pearson and A. Trouvelot\u003cbr\u003e 4. The use of fungi to control pests of agricultural and horticultural importance A. T. Gillespie and E. R. Moorhouse\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis in insects A. K. Charnley\u003cbr\u003e 6. Improvement of fungi to enhance mycoherbicide potential G. E. Templeton and D. K. Heiny\u003cbr\u003e 7. Fungi as biological control agents for plant parasitic nematodes B. R. Kerry\u003cbr\u003e 8. Selection, production, formulation and commercial use of plant disease biocontrol fungi: problems and progress R. D. Lumsden and J. A. Lewis\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mechanisms of biological disease control with special reference to the case study of Pythium oligandrum as an antagonist K. Lewis, J. M. Whipps and R. C. Cooke\u003cbr\u003e 10. Some perspectives on the application of molecular approaches to biocontrol problems R. Baker\u003cbr\u003e 11. Protoplast technology and strain selection M. J. Hocart and J. F. Peberdy\u003cbr\u003e 12. Commercial approaches to the use of biological control agents K. Powell and J. L. Faull\u003cbr\u003e 13. The environmental challenge to biological control of plant pathogens A. Renwick and N. Poole.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Mycology, fungi [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Mycology, fungi\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Mycology,%20fungi%20%5Bnon-medical%5D%20%5BPSQ%5D%22\"\u003enon-medical PSQ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007162241304,"sku":"9780521382366","price":105.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521382366i_b2db5cca-cdb5-4716-9ae9-8b87a4b7d08a.jpg?v=1691376125","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/biotechnology-of-fungi-for-improving-plant-growth-hardback-9780521382366","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}