Mycorrhizal Functioning: An Integrative Plant-Fungal Process / Edition 1

by Michael Allen

Overview

It is now known that over 90 percent of all plants have established integrative plant-fungal processes in their root systems, and it may well turn out to be the case that virtually all plants have mycorrhizae. In this work, many of the best researchers in the field review the current status of research in plant-fungal communications, mycorrhizal organisms, applications, and biotechnology. The focus is a hierarchical one. This volume is comprehensive and covers both ectomycorrhizae and vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhizae, addressing concepts that are related to all the different groups. Mycorrhizal Functioning will be of interest to professionals and graduate students in microbiology, ecology, mycology, plant pathology, plant science, and soil science. Those working in the agricultural biotechnology industry will also benefit from the book's applications perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780412018916
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	04/30/1993
Edition description:	1993
Pages:	534
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Development and structure: Fungal reactions to plants prior to mycorrhizal formation— R. E. Koske and J. N. Gemma; The influence of the plant root on mycorrhizal formation— A. J. Anderson; The cellular basis of plant-fungus interchanges in mycorrhizal associations— P. Bonfante-Fasolo and S. Scannerini; The mycorrhizal mycelium— D. J. Read; Mycorrhiza and carbon flow to the soil— R. Finlay and B. Soderstrom; Part II: Interactions: Interactions between mycorrhizal fungi and other rhizosphere microorganisms— C. Azc'on-Aguilar and J. M. Barea; Interactions between fungal symbionts: VA mycorrhizae— J. M. Wilson and I. C. Tommerup; Interactions of ectomycorrhizal fungi— J. W. Deacon and L. V. Fleming; Mycorrhizae, nutrient translocation, and interactions between plants— S. Miller and E. B. Allen; Interactions with the soil fauna— A. H. Fitter and I. R. Sanders; Part III: System dynamics and application: Specificity phenomena in mycorrhizal symbiosis: community-ecological consequences and practical implications— R. Molina, H. Massicotte and J. M. Trappe; Physiological ecology of ectomycorrhizae: implications for field application— C. S. Bledsoe; The application of VA mycorrhizae to ecosystem restoration and reclamation— R. M. Miller and J. D. Jastrow; Biotechnology and the future of VAM commercialization— T. Wood and B. Cummings; Mycorrhizae and the integration of scales: from molecules to ecosystems— M. F. Allen, S. D. Clouse, B. S. Weinbaum, S. Jeakins, C. F. Friese and E. B. Allen; Organism index; Subject index.

Editorial Reviews

...a stimulating and comprehensive account of the current state of research on the major mycorrhizal symbioses. I recommend it to allPlant scientists - Society for General Microbiology Quarterly; ...provides an important milestone in mycorrhizal research... is an excellent, well-written, forward looking and provocative text, and provides an important synthesis of current and recent research in the field. It should be essential reading for mycorrhizal researchers, plant ecologists, fungal and soil biologists. - The Biologist; ...a stimulating and comprehensive account of the current state of research on the major mycorrhizal symbioses. I recommend it to allPlant scientists - Society for General Microbiology Quarterly; ...provides an important milestone in mycorrhizal research... is an excellent, well-written, forward looking and provocative text, and provides an important synthesis of current and recent research in the field. It should be essential reading for mycorrhizal researchers, plant ecologists, fungal and soil biologists. - The Biologist; ...a stimulating and comprehensive account of the current state of research on the major mycorrhizal symbioses. I recommend it to allPlant scientists - Society for General Microbiology Quarterly; ...a stimulating and comprehensive account of the current state of research on the major mycorrhizal symbioses. I recommend it to all Plant scientists - Society for General Microbiology Quarterly; ...provides an important milestone in mycorrhizal research... is an excellent, well-written, forward looking and provocative text, and provides an important synthesis of current and recent research in the field. It should be essential reading for mycorrhizal researchers, plant ecologists, fungal and soil biologists - The Biologist

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