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9780521106238

Water, Fungi and Plants: Symposium of the British Mycological Society Held at the University of Lancaster, April 1985

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521106238

  • ISBN10:

    0521106230

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-06-09
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

Water is the solvent for metabolic processes, it participates directly in many biochemical reactions and has a vital skeletal function. It also plays a key role in the behaviour and spread of fungi. The chapters of this book, which was originally published in 1986, give a broad perspective on this vast subject. The contributions were all written by acknowledged experts in their field, and subjects of great practical importance are discussed. The bio-deterioration of plant products, such as foodstuffs, grain and timber, the relationship between weather patterns and the likelihood of disease epidemics and the characteristics of pathogenic and mycorrhizal fungi, are described. Overall the book provides a physiological basis that unites the different aspects of the subject area, which had previously been studied in isolation from each other.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface
Note on terminology and abbreviations
Basic principles of cell and tissue water relations
Water, turgor and osmotic potentials of fungi
Water relations of sclerotia and other infective structures
Water availability and fungal reproduction: patterns of spore production, liberation dispersal
Spore dispersal in splash droplets
The zoospore and its problems
Water relations and pathogen activity in soil
Epidemiological significance of liquid water in crop canopies and its role in disease forecasting
Water stress predisposition to disease - and overview
Drought, irrigation and fungal diseases of tropical crops
Interaction of host stress and pathogen ecology on Phytophthora infection and symptom expression in nutrient film-grown tomatoes
Phytoalexins, water stress and stomata
Movement of liquid water and the effects of fungal infection
Effects of root pathogens on plant water relations
Foliar pathogens alter the water relations of their hosts with consequences for both host and pathogen
Water relations of mycorrhizal fungi and their adaptation to the environment
Water and the origins of decay in trees
Post-harvest spoilage of fruits vegetables
Water and the ecology of fungi in stored products
Water and decomposition processes in terrestrial ecosystems
Index
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