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For the past decade, it has been apparent to both of us that a
reference text covering all aspects of tree defense mechanisms to
fungi was missing, needed and long overdue. Such a book would
provide a clear, comprehensive overview of how living roots, stems
and leaves respond to fungal pathogens. The need for such a book
became in creasingly clear to us from our conversations with each
other, as well as from our interactions with students and
colleagues who desired a sourcebook containing reviews of
morphological, biochemical and physiological aspects of
host-parasite interactions in trees. During a field trip sponsored
by the Forest Pathology Committee of the Ameri can
Phytopathological Society, on a bus from one site to another, we
decided to take the responsibility to prepare a book of this type
and began to plan its composition. To adequately address the topic
of this book as we had envisioned it, we believed that
well-illustrated chapters were needed in order to reflect the
important advances made by the many investigators who have examined
the anatomical and physiological changes that occur when trees are
attacked by fungi. We are grateful to Dr. Tore Timell, the Wood
Science editor for Springer-Verlag, for supporting our efforts and
for providing an avenue to publish such a profusely il lustrated
volume."
The oil crisis during the 1970s turned interest towards the
utilization of renewable resources and towards lignocellulosics in
particular. The 1970s were also the cradle period of biotechnology,
and the years when biotechnical utilization of lignocellulosic
waste from agriculture and forestry gained priori ty. This was a
logical conclusion since one of nature's most important biologi cal
reactions is the conversion of wood and other lignocellulosic
materials to carbon dioxide, water and humic substances. However,
while biotechnology in other areas like medicine and pharmacology
concerned production of expen sive products on a small scale,
biotechnical utilization and conversion of ligno cellulosics meant
production of inexpensive products on a large scale. Biotechnical
utilization of lignocellulosic materials is therefore a very
difficult task, and the commercial utilization of this technology
has not progressed as rapidly as one would have desired. One reason
for this was the lack of basic knowledge of enzyme mechanisms
involved in the degradation and conversion of wood, other
lignocellulosics and their individual components. There are also
risks associated with initiating a technical development before a
stable platform of knowledge is available. Several of the projects
started with en thusiasm have therefore suffered some loss of
interest. Also contributing to this failing interest is the fact
that the oil crisis at the time was not a real one. At present,
nobody predicts a rapid exhaustion of the oil resources and fuel
production from lignocellulosics is no longer a high priority."
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