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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Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 4th ed. |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118685068 |
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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. |
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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 |