Fungal biology

Visit the accompanying website from the author at www.blackwellpublishing.com/deacon. Fungal Biology is the fully updated new edition of this undergraduate text, covering all major areas of fungal biology and providing insights into many topical areas.:.; Provides insights into many topical areas su...

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Main Authors: Deacon, J. W
Group Author: Deacon, J. W.
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Edition: 4th ed.
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118685068
Summary: Visit the accompanying website from the author at www.blackwellpublishing.com/deacon. Fungal Biology is the fully updated new edition of this undergraduate text, covering all major areas of fungal biology and providing insights into many topical areas.:.; 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.; Focuses on the interactions of fungi that form the basis for developing biological control agents, with several commercial examples of the c
Item Description: Revised edition of: Modern mycology. 3rd ed. 1997.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (371 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781118685068 (electronic bk.)
1118685067 (electronic bk.)
9781444309195 (electronic bk.)
1444309196 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: QK603
CLC: Q949.32
Contents: The fungi and fungal activities -- The diversity of fungi and fungus-like organisms -- Fungal structure and ultrastructure -- Fungal growth -- Differentiation and development -- Fungal nutrition -- Fungal metabolism and fungal products -- Environmental conditions for growth and tolerance of extremes -- Fungal genetics, molecular genetics, and genomics -- Fungal spores, spore dormancy, and spore dispersal -- Fungal ecology: saprotrophs -- Fungal interactions: mechanisms and practical exploitation -- Fungal symbiosis -- Fungi as plant pathogens -- Fungal parasites of insects and nematodes -- M