Contributions from 80 world-renowned authorities representing a broad international background lend Fungal Biotechnology in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Applicationsfirst-class information on the biotechnological potential of entomopathogenic fungi and ergot alkaloids, applications of Trichoderma in disease control, and the development of mycoherbicides. Additional topics include fungal control of nematodes, control of plant disease by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, strategies for controlling vegetable and fruit crops, molecular biology tactics with mycotoxigenic fungi and the development of biofungicides, production of edible fungi, fermented foods, and high-value products like mycoprotein.
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Today we face many critical issues in agriculture: (a) an exponentially growing human population; (b) recurrent famine; (c) the destruction of natural landscapes such as tropical rain forests to extend agriculture to previously unused lands; (d) the exodus of human civilization from rural communities to cities; (e) the destruction of environmental quality resulting from exposure to agrochemicals, erosion of soils and salinization of soils as well as exhaustion and contamination of fresh water resources; (f) the loss of bio-diversity through monocropping and the destruction of natural habitats; (g) the reliance of agricultural production, transport, and storage systems on fossil fuel; (h) the acquisition and concentration of agricultural wealth by multinational corporations; and (i) an issuant lack of knowledge by a growing proportion of human civilization on how to cultivate, prepare, and preserve food. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aflatoxin pathway gene cluster, mycoherbicide agents, yeast biological control agents, gene prbl, fungal community dynamics, mycoherbicide candidates, nematode chemotaxis, postharvest biological control, calorific losses, biocontrol species, bioherbicide agents, aflatoxin pathway genes, bioherbicide candidates, chitinase gene expression, entomopathogenic fungi, endochitinase gene, indigenous fermented foods, biocontrol activity, oil suspension emulsions, clavine alkaloids, visible molding, spoilage fungi, ligninolytic enzymes, nonphenolic lignin, ligninolytic system Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Appl Environ Microbiol, New York, Mycol Res, Food Microbiol, Marcel Dekker, Plant Pathol, Academic Press, Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, Plant Dis, New Phytol, United States, Curr Genet, Biol Chem, Proc Natl Acad Sci, Annu Rev Phytopathol, Boca Raton, Agric Food Chem, Microbiol Lett, Biol Control, Biotechnol Lett, Plant Soil, Food Prot, Crop Prot, Enzyme Microb Technol, Biocontrol Sci Technol New!
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Today we face many critical issues in agriculture: (a) an exponentially growing human population; (b) recurrent famine; (c) the destruction of natural landscapes such as tropical rain forests to extend agriculture to previously unused lands; (d) the exodus of human civilization from rural communities to cities; (e) the destruction of environmental quality resulting from exposure to agrochemicals, erosion of soils and salinization of soils as well as exhaustion and contamination of fresh water resources; (f) the loss of bio-diversity through monocropping and the destruction of natural habitats; (g) the reliance of agricultural production, transport, and storage systems on fossil fuel; (h) the acquisition and concentration of agricultural wealth by multinational corporations; and (i) an issuant lack of knowledge by a growing proportion of human civilization on how to cultivate, prepare, and preserve food. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aflatoxin pathway gene cluster, mycoherbicide agents, yeast biological control agents, gene prbl, fungal community dynamics, mycoherbicide candidates, nematode chemotaxis, postharvest biological control, calorific losses, biocontrol species, bioherbicide agents, aflatoxin pathway genes, bioherbicide candidates, chitinase gene expression, entomopathogenic fungi, endochitinase gene, indigenous fermented foods, biocontrol activity, oil suspension emulsions, clavine alkaloids, visible molding, spoilage fungi, ligninolytic enzymes, nonphenolic lignin, ligninolytic system Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Appl Environ Microbiol, New York, Mycol Res, Food Microbiol, Marcel Dekker, Plant Pathol, Academic Press, Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, Plant Dis, New Phytol, United States, Curr Genet, Biol Chem, Proc Natl Acad Sci, Annu Rev Phytopathol, Boca Raton, Agric Food Chem, Microbiol Lett, Biol Control, Biotechnol Lett, Plant Soil, Food Prot, Crop Prot, Enzyme Microb Technol, Biocontrol Sci Technol New!
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