Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sulphur Utilisation by Fungi : Symposium of the British Mycological Society Held at The University of Birmingham, April 1988 (Paperback)

Contributors; Preface; 1. Some perspectives on nitrogen and phosphorus metabolism in fungi D. H. Jennings; 2. The genetics and biochemistry of nitrate assimilation in ascomycete fungi A. B. Tomsett; 3. Transport and metabolism of suphur dioxide in yeasts and filamentous fungi Anthony H. Rose; 4. Inorganic sulphur oxidation by fungi M. Wainwright; 5. Sulphur compounds in fungi J. C. Slaughter; 6. Phosphonates: antifungal compounds against Oomycetes M. D. Coffey and D. G. Ouimette; 7. Phosphorus and nitrogen fluxes between plant and fungus in parasitic associations D. R. Walters; 8. Effects of fungal pathogens on nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur relations of individual plants and populations N. D. Paul; 9. The nitrogen nutrition of mycorrhizal fungi and their host plants D. J. Read, J. R. Leake and A. R. Langdale; 10. Acquisition of phosphorus by VA mycorrhizal fungi and the growth responses of their host plants B. A. D. Hetrick; 11. Phosphorus metabolism in mycorrhizas V. Gianinazzi-Pearson and S. Gianinazzi; 12. Nitrogen relations of mat-forming lichens P. D. Crittenden; 13. Role of fungi in nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur cycling in temperate forest ecosystems J. Dighton and Lynne Boddy; Index.