Book ID: 88669
Deacon, Jim
Fungal Biology. Fourth Edition. 2006. 351 illustr. 371 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
Contents (partly): Introduction: The fungi and fungal activities/ Thediversity of fungi and fungus-like organisms/ Fungal structure andultrastructure/ Fungal growth/ Differentiation and development/ Fungalnutrition/ Fungal metabolism and fungal products/ Environmental conditions for growth, and tolerance of extremes/ Fungal genetics, molecular genetics, and genomics/ Fungal spores, spore dormancy, and spore dispersal/ Fungal ecology: saprotrophs/ Fungal interactions: mechanisms and practical exploitation/ Fungal symbiosis/ Fungi as plantpathogens/ Fungal parasites of insects and nematodes/ The moulds of man/Principles and practice of controlling fungal grwoth/ etc.