Overview
- Reviews state-of-the-art information on snow molds
- Integrates research on snow molds
- Speculates on the future of snow mold development in light of climate change
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book provides biological and agricultural insights into snow mold, a fungal disease affecting land plants observed after the melting of snow. Snow mold fungi can cause significant damage to plant growth both in agriculture and in the natural environment, but the interesting ecology and biology described here will capture the attention of scientists in diverse disciplines.
The book describes diverse biological phenomena such as cold tolerance of snow mold fungi and plants and their interactions, occurring in an ecologically unique environment under the snow, which maintains constant low temperature and high humidity. Presented here are the unique strategies of snow mold fungi to survive in diverse habitats and the defensive mechanism in plants tolerant to snow mold fungi infection, as well as the conventional control methods using fungicide or cultural practice. Also contained in the book is speculation on the impact of a changing environment on snow mold diseasesand their effects on agricultural production.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Naoyuki Matsumoto, Ph D
Fellow, National Agricultural Research Organization
Research Fellow, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
Research interests: Ecology of organisms under snow.
Tom Hsiang
Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph.
Research interests: Fungi associated with grasses and trees, and fungal genomics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Snow Mold
Book Subtitle: The Battle Under Snow Between Fungal Pathogens and Their Plant Hosts
Authors: Naoyuki Matsumoto, Tom Hsiang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0758-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0757-6Published: 18 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9243-5Published: 07 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0758-3Published: 10 May 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 136
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Pathology, Microbial Ecology, Agriculture, Plant Ecology, Eukaryotic Microbiology