Current Advances in Mycorrhizae Research presents findings in the study of ectomycorrhizas and arbuscular mycorrhizas, which together colonize the majority of terrestrial plants. These beneficial fungi help plants by increasing nutrient uptake, enhancing water relations, and improving resistance to pests. The application of molecular genetic, biochemical, and physiological analyses to these symbiotic fungi is covered in this book, making it a must-have selection for anyone interested in mycorrhizae research and its effects on plant health.This comprehensive volume also covers: -- signaling recognition processes prior to colonization -- how the host's defense mechanisms are regulated to allow for fungal growth within the root -- ultrastructural aspects of the functioning mycorrhiza -- cellular and whole plant aspects of the flow of carbon from host to fungus -- significant progress in genetic engineering of ectomycorrhizal fungi to make them more efficient bi

Current Advances in Mycorrhizae Research (Symposium Series (American Phytopathological Society).)

Science & Math

Gopi K. Podila

Biological Sciences

Amer Phytopathological Society

<p>Mycorrhizal research has grown by leaps and bounds in the past few decades. These fungi promise to promote plant growth, maintain plant and soil health, assist in bio-protection against root diseases, production with reduced fertilizer and pesticides &amp; nutrient acquisition, affect soil skeletal structure holding primary soil particles together, are conductive to formation of microaggregate structures, higher rhizosphere population, symbiosis alters host water relations, alter root length and architecture. These fungi also help in re-vegetation of landscapes, golf course or contaminated soils, biological hardening of tissue culture raised plants, postpone leaf dehydration, draught responses, osmo-protecting enzymes and enhance P acquisition. AM symbiosis could conceivably affect any of these steps. AMF should be considered as an alternative to costly soil disinfection. The mechanism(s) by which fungi induce resistance in their hosts and enhance disease resistance need critical evaluation and examination. Editors see this volume as a tremendously valuable collection of specialized up-date chapters describing the State-of-The-Art and Modern Protocols in mycorrhizal research, seriously presented and synthesized.</p>

Basic Research and Applications of Mycorrhizae (Microbiology Series)

I.K.International Publishing House

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Current Advances in Mycorrhizae Research (Symposium Series (American Phytopathological Society).)

Basic Research and Applications of Mycorrhizae (Microbiology Series)