Overview
- Coverage of arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal fungi
- Application in sustainable agriculture and forestry are discussed
- Practical applications of mycorrhizal fungi discussions
- Useful for Agricultural Microbiologists, Agronomists and Plant Pathologists
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Mycorrhizal fungi are microbial engines which improve plant vigor and soil quality. They play a crucial role in plant nutrient uptake, water relations, ecosystem establishment, plant diversity, and the productivity of plants. Scientific research involves multidisciplinary approaches to understand the adaptation of mycorrhizae to the rhizosphere, mechanism of root colonization, effect on plant physiology and growth, biofertilization, plant resistance and biocontrol of plant pathogens. This book discusses and goes into detail on a number of topics: the molecular basis of nutrient exchange between arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and host plants; the role of AM fungi in disease protection, alleviation of soil stresses and increasing grain production; interactions of AM fungi and beneficial saprophytic mycoflora in terms of plant growth promotion; the role of AM fungi in the restoration of native ecosystems; indirect contributions of AM fungi and soil aggregation to plant growth and mycorrhizosphere effect of multitrophic interaction; the mechanisms by which mycorrhizas change a disturbed ecosystem into productive land; the importance of reinstallation of mycorrhizal systems in the rhizosphere is emphasized and their impact on landscape regeneration, and in bioremediation of contaminated soils; Ectomycorrhizae (ECM) and their importance in forest ecosystems and associations of ECM in tropical rain forests function to maintain tropical monodominance; in vitro mycorrhization of micro-propagated plants, and visualizing and quantifying endorhizal fungi; the use of mycorrhizae, mainly AM and ECM, for sustainable agriculture and forestry.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mycorrhizae: Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry
Editors: Zaki Anwar Siddiqui, Mohd. Sayeed Akhtar, Kazuyoshi Futai
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8770-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8769-1Published: 19 August 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7980-0Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8770-7Published: 27 July 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 362
Topics: Agriculture, Life Sciences, general, Microbiology, Plant Pathology, Forestry