Fungal Biotechnology in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Applications (Hardcover)

Agricultural biotechnology: a biotechnological approach to plant protection with fungi; chemical identification of fungi - metabolite profiling and metabolomics; isozyme analysis in fungal taxonomy, genetics and population biology; molecular methods for identification of plant pathogenic fungi; the application of molecular markers in the epidemiology of plant pathogenic fungi; molecular biology in the control of mycotoxigenic fungi; biotechnological potential of entomopathogenic fungi; biotechnological potential of ergot alkaloids; fungi as plant growth promoter and disease suppressor; challenges and strategies for development of mycoherbicides; biofungicides from microbial metabolites; molecular biology of biocontrol trichoderma; the biological control agent trichoderma - fundamentals to applications; biotechnological strategies to control fungal diseases of vegetables; control of postharvest fruits using microbes; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in plant disease control; commercialization of arbuscular mycorrhizal biofertilizer; control of nematodes by fungi. Food and feeds: fungi in food technology - an overview; role of fungi in fermented foods; production of edible fungi; mycoprotein and related high-value products from yeasts and fungi; diversity and genetic variability of yeasts involved in wine fermentation; yeast in the dairy industy; flavours and aroma; antifungal food additives; molecular detection of fungi in foods and feeds; the role of spoilage fungi in seed deterioration; mycotoxin chapter; genetics and biochemistry of toxin synthesis. Environmental biotechnology: cellulose degradation by fungi; the importance of wood decay fungi in forest ecosystems; the biodegradation of lignocellulose by white rot fungi; biomineralization of heavy metals; decolouration of industrial waste and degradation of dye water; bioconversion of distillery waste by fungi; degradation of hydrocarbons by yeasts and filamentous fungi; biodegradation of azo dyes by fungi; fungal degradation of explosives; restoration of mycorrhizae in disturbed arid ecosystems.