J. W. Deacon (University of Edinburgh)

Fungal Biology 4e

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book also includes a clear illustrative account of the features and significance of the main fungal groups.

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The new edition of this best-selling textbook, formerly known as Modern Mycology, covers all major areas of fungal biology. Provides insights into many topical areas such as fungal ultrastructure and the mechanisms of fungal growth, important fungal metabolites and the molecular techniques used to study fungal populations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• 4 ed
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 734g
• ISBN-13: 9781405130660
• ISBN-10: 1405130660
• Artikelnr.: 22432124

Autorenporträt

Jim Deacon is Senior Lecturer in Microbiology at the University of Edinburgh, and has 35 years of teaching experience in the field of plant-microbe-fungal interactions. He has published over 100 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, been an invited keynote speaker at international symposia and congresses around the world, and acted as consultant to biotechnology companies.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

1 Introduction: the fungi and fungal activities.

2 The diversity of fungi and fungus-like organisms.

3 Fungal structure and ultrastructure.

4 Fungal growth.

5 Differentiation and development.

6 Fungal nutrition.

7 Fungal metabolism and fungal products.

8 Environmental conditions for growth, and tolerance ofextremes.

9 Fungal genetics, molecular genetics, and genomics.

10 Fungal spores, spore dormancy, and spore dispersal.

11 Fungal ecology: saprotrophs.

12 Fungal interactions: mechanisms and practicalexploitation.

13 Fungal symbiosis.

14 Fungi as plant pathogens.

15 Fungal parasites of insects and nematodes.

16 "The moulds of man".

17 Principles and practice of controlling fungal growth.

Systematic Index.

General Index

Rezensionen

"It is the best textbook available for a comprehensive viewof the fungi and their importance to the human condition."
Robert Roberson, Arizona State University

"...fully updated and expanded, and can still (or even betternow) serve as an excellent textbook for students."
Persoonia, June 2006

"My very positive impression of this book has prompted me toprescribe it as the text for the undergraduate mycology paper atthe University of Otago. I think the book will inspire students bygiving them an appreciation of the wide scope of experimentalmycology, and I would thoroughly recommend it to readers who want athorough expose of the wonderful world of fungi."
New Zealand Journal of Botany