Bøger i The Mycota serien

The rising number of fungal infections has prompted the need to understand every aspect of pathogenic fungi, which are capable of infecting humans, animals and insects. This exhaustive book meets that crucial need.

Highlighting recent developments in our understanding of fungus-plant interactions, internationally acknowledged authors review fungal lifestyles, interactions with host plants, signal perception and transduction, and defense responses against fungal attack.

Since publication of the first edition of Volume II in 1995, several developments in fungal molecular biology - such as fungal genome projects - have progressed tremendously. In addition, the volume contains five new chapters dealing with different aspects of fungal molecular genetics. Topics include: Nuclear and extranuclear genetics;