Progress in Mycology

by Rai, Mahendra; Kovics, George

• ISBN13: 9789048137121
• ISBN10: 9048137128
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-31
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

There has been tremendous biotechnological advancement in the field of fungi in the last two decades. The present book is aimed to provide the readers with current trends in the field of Mycology in general and fungal biotechnology in particular.The book would be of utmost importance to students, researchers and teachers of botany, mycology, microbiology, medical microbiology, fungal biotechnology and nanotechnology. The readers should find the book full of information and reader friendly.

Author Biography

Dr. M.K. Rai is Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Amravati University in Maharashtra, India. He has published 170 research papers, more than 100 popular articles in Indian and foreign journals and Thirteen books. He is a member of several scientific societies and has been a national Scholar for five years. He has received several prestigious awards, including the father T.A. Mathias award (1989) from the All India Association for Christian Higher Education, and the Medini award (1999) from the Department of Environment and Forest, Government of India. He also received SERC visiting fellowship by Department of Science and Technology (1996), INSA visiting fellowship by Indian National Science Academy (1998) and TWAS-UNESCO Associateship (2002), Italy, and Fellowship from Hungarian Scholarship Board, Hungary (2005 and 2008). He has 26 years of teaching and research experience.
Dr G.J. Kovics is a Professor of Plant Pathology and Head of the Plant Protection Department at Debrecen University (Hungary), gained his MSc. PhD, CSc and Dr Habil qualifications at Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is a renowned mycologist. His main scientific fields are morphological and molecular taxonomy of Phoma and Phoma-like fungi (Coelomycetes), the diagnosis and aetiology of plant fungal diseases, pathogenesis, and epidemiology of Papillonaceous plants (e.g. soybean, chickpea, lupine), grains (wheat stem base diseases), and fruits (strawberry, raspberry, and blackberry). Professor Kovics is also interested in integrated pest management including biological control of plant pathogens. He has published about 200 scientific papers including more than 20 books and chapters both in Hungarian and English. Regularly involved in editing of proceedings and books. He is member of Hungarian and foreign societies. Moreover, he is organizer of international symposia resulting into wide range of collaborative contacts with researchers all over the world

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Better Yeast for Better Wine - Genetic Improvement of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Wine Strains	p. 1
Genetics and Genomics of Aspergillus flavus	p. 51
Genetic Transformation of Zygomycetes Fungi	p. 75
Current Advances in Aspergillosis	p. 95
Fungal Infections of The Central Nervous System	p. 141
Otomycosis in Turkey: A Review	p. 181
Current Trends in Fungal Rhinosinusitis	p. 193
Biodiversity of Filamentous Fungi on Soils and Sands	p. 233
Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Growth Promotion of Crop Plants	p. 259
Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis: Possibilities and Prospects	p. 293
Higher Basidiomycetes: Mushrooms as a Source of Antioxidants	p. 311
The Contribution of Wild Fungi to Diet, Income and Health: A world Review	p. 327
Mercury in Certain Mushroom Species in Poland	p. 349
Alcohol Oxidase Enzyme of Methylotrophic Yeasts as a Basis of Biosensors for Detection of Lower Aliphatic Alcohols	p. 385
Chitin Metabolism in Fungi	p. 409
Fungi-mediated Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles: Characterization Processes and Applications	p. 425
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