Mycology, fungi

Antifungal Metabolites of Rhizobacteria for Sustainable Agriculture focuses on plant health in agro-ecosystems of various economically important cash and food crops with a concern to promote sustainable agriculture.

Advances in Trichoderma Biology for Agricultural Applications covers the beneficial properties of Trichoderma in enhancing global agricultural productivity.

The shift of weather patterns has affected the incidence and prevalence of infectious diseases, including mycoses.

Mycotoxins are the metabolites of fungus and are reported to contaminate nearly 25% of the food produced worldwide.

Fungi are an essential, fascinating and biotechnologically useful group of organisms with an incredible biotechnological potential for industrial exploitation.

The first three editions of Fungi and Food Spoilage established, then consolidated, a reputation as the leading book on foodborne fungi.

Mycology has an integral role to play in the development of the biotechnology and biomedical sectors.

This book provides an in-depth overview on the manifold functions of fungal extracellular vesicles (EV) which span from cell-to-cell communication, pathogenicity and stimulation of host's immunity to export of hundreds of biomolecules.

The book covers the taxonomy, diversity, bioactivity, and nanotechnology involved in the study of the genus Phoma.

The importance of fungal infections in both human and animals has increased over the last few decades.

Fungi range from being microscopic, single-celled yeasts to multicellular and heterotrophic in nature.

Fungi are an understudied, biotechnologically valuable group of organisms.

This book provides a comprehensive overview on the most recent knowledge in dermatophytic infection biology.

This book presents research on the challenges and potential of fungal contribution in agriculture for food substantiality.

This book presents a broad perspective on saponins as important natural products with a key role in plant defense.

Fungi range from being microscopic, single-celled yeasts to multicellular and heterotrophic in nature.

Blast is an important foliar disease that infects the majority of cereal crops like rice, finger millet, pearl millet, foxtail millet and wheat, and thus resulting in a huge economic impact.

Current research lays emphasis on exploring natural products for use in nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals to overcome various side effects of synthetic drugs.

In the past few decades, it has been realized through research that fungal siderophores epitomize the uptake of iron as well as other essential elements like zinc, magnesium, copper, nickel and arsenic.

Volume 3 covers recent research with expanded coverage on this important area of remediation.

This pioneering book focuses on Neotropical endophytic fungi, providing a comprehensive overview of their diversity, ecology, and biotechnological applications in medicine, agriculture, and industry.

Over the last decades, scientists have been intrigued by the fascinating organisms that inhabit extreme environments.

This book illustrates, that the fungal cell wall is critical for the biology and ecology of all fungi and especially for human fungal pathogens.

This fully revised third edition includes up-to-date topics and developments in the field, which has made tremendous strides since the publication of the second edition in 2004.

Microbes are ubiquitous in nature.

Microbes are ubiquitous in nature.

Due to the huge quantity and diverse nature of their metabolic pathways, fungi have great potential to be used for the production of different biofuels such as bioethanol, biobutanol, and biodiesel.

Fungi are eukaryotic microorganisms that include both unicellular and multicellular species.

This book focuses on recent advances in our understanding of wild edible mycorrhizal fungi, truffle and mushrooms and their cultivation.

Pulses have played a major role in human diet and are considered a rich source of proteins.

Chaetomium genus was established by Gustav Kunze in 1817.

Bioremediation refers to the clean-up of pollution in soil, groundwater, surface water, and air using typically microbiological processes.

Chaetomium genus was established by Gustav Kunze in 1817.

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the major applications and potential of fungal biotechnology.

This book focuses on signaling molecules in plant defense, outlining some of the most important cellular and chemical plant defense strategies during periods of stress and growth.

Over the last decade considerable progress has been made in white biotechnology research and further major scientific and technological breakthroughs are expected in the future.

This book provides a knowledge-based view to the dynamic capabilities in an organization.

This volume scopes several aspects of non-conventional yeast research prepared by the leading specialists in the field.

Over the last decades, scientists have been intrigued by the fascinating organisms that inhabit extreme environments.

Fungal growths affect both human and animal well-being.

This book focuses on the fungi found in one of the most pristine regions on Earth: Antarctica.

This revised and extended edition provides in-depth insights into the benefits and untapped potential of lichen-derived bioactive compounds.

This new book shows the work done by researchers dedicated to the study of different mycorrhizas types, the fungal species associated and their distribution influenced by geographical and environmental factors among the different South American biogeographic regions.

White biotechnology is industrial biotechnology dealing with various biotech products through applications of microbes.

Cellulase is a key enzyme of industrial interest and plays a crucial role in the hydrolysis of cellulose, a prime component of plant cell walls.

Microbes are ubiquitous in nature.

White biotechnology, or industrial biotechnology as it is also known, refers to the use of living cells and/or their enzymes to create industrial products that are more easily degradable, require less energy, create less waste during production and sometimes perform better than products created using traditional chemical processes.

This volume provides a detailed look at various biochemical and developmental aspects of fungal cell biology, and offers extensive information on model organisms of filamentous fungi, such as Aspergillus, and yeasts, such as Saccharomyces, while also highlighting molecular differences between ascomycetes and basidiomycetes.

Plant endophytes are a potential source for the production of bioactive compounds that can fight against devastating diseases in both plants and humans.

Mushrooms are fleshy fungi with a high prospective for the production of secondary metabolites including extracellular enzymes with high agricultural and biotechnological significance.