Diversity and Biotechnology of Ectomycorrhizae (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi play multifunctional roles during symbioses with higher plants. They can serve as bioprotectors, biofertilizers, bioremediators and stress indicators. Further, they are the true "mycoindicators" of forest ecosystems, where an enormous diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi can be found. Some ectomycorrhizal fungi also produce edible sporocarps, i.e., fruiting bodies, which are important for the food industry. Ectomycorrhizal fungi also produce various metal chelating molecules, which are of remarkable biotechnological significance and which also secrete useful secondary metabolites. Molecular approaches are required for the identification and differentiation of fungi forming symbioses with higher plants, while molecular tools are important to understand how genes are expressed during symbiosis with higher plants. Students, researchers and teachers of botany, mycology, microbiology, forestry, and biotechnology will find a valuable source of information in this Soil Biology volume. Content Level Research

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Soil Biology, 25
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	2011
Editors:	Mahendra Rai • Ajit Varma
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	459
Edition:	2011 Ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-15195-8
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Agricultural science Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Soil science, sedimentology
LSN:	3-642-15195-7
Barcode:	9783642151958

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