Fungi and their role in sustainable development : current perspectives /: current perspectives. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Praveen Gehlot, Joginder Singh, editors.
• Editors: Gehlot, Praveen; Singh, Joginder
• Contents: Module 1_ Sustainable Cultivation and Conservation Strategies of Fungi.- Chapter 1. Cultivation, conservation and medicinal significance of macro-fungi.- Chapter 2. Fungi as biocontrol agent: an alternate to chemicals.- Chapter 3. Role of Fungi in various Fields for sustainable development.- Chapter 4. The biological promises of endophytic Muscodor species.- Chapter 5. Slime Moulds: The Tiny Charmers.- Module 2_ Sustainable Aspects of Fungi in Agriculture.- Chapter 6. Fungal Endophytes: Role in Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 7. Fungal endophytes and their Secondary metabolites - Role in sustainable agriculture.- Chapter 8. Agricultural important microorganism- Sustainability from rhizosphere to bioformulation as weapon for biological control.- Chapter 9. Mycopesticides: Fungal based pesticides for sustainable agriculture.- Chapter 10. Multifactorial role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae in Agroecosystem.- Chapter 11. Strategic approaches for applications of entomopathogenic fungi to counter insecticide resistance in agriculturally important insect pests.- Chapter 12. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi as phosphate fertilizer for crop plants and their role in bioremediation of heavy metals.- Chapter 13. Fungal community in mitigating impacts of drought in plants.- Chapter 14. Role of Fungi as Biocontrol agents for the Control of Plant Diseases in Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 15. Fungal disease management in chickpea: current status and future prospects.- Chapter 16. Recent approaches for late blight disease management of potato caused by Phytophthora infestans. Module 3_ Fungi for sustainable Industrial and Environmental Aspects.- Chapter 17. Recent advances and industrial applications of microbial xylanases.- Chapter 18. Engineering of Yeast Microbial Cell Factories for Improved Whey Fermentation to Bioethanol.- Chapter 19. Nutritional quality attributes of edible gasteroid wild mushroom grometricus.-="" chapter="" 20.="" biotechnology="" of="" fungal="" lipases.-="" 21.="" biopigments:="" pigment.-="" 22.="" fungi="" as="" a="" promising="" tool="" for="" bioethanol="" production.-="" 23.="" inhabiting="" in="" hypersaline="" conditions-="" an="" insight.-="" 24.="" complications="" diabetes.-="" module="" 4_="" Bioconversion Technologies of Fungi.- Chapter 25. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Effects on Secondary Metabolite Production in Medicinal Plants.- Chapter 26. Endophytic fungi: Carrier of potential antioxidants.- Chapter 27. Current perspectives of Endophytic fungi in Sustainable Development.- Chapter 28. Marine Fungi for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 29. Fungi-mediated biodeterioration of household materials, libraries and cultural heritage and its sustainable conservation.- Chapter 30. Co-cultivation strategies to induce de-novo synthesis of novel chemical scaffolds from cryptic secondary metabolite gene clusters.- Module 5_ Modern Biotechnological Interventions on Fungi.- Chapter 31. Computational approaches to understand the genome and protein sequences of fungi.- Chapter 32. Bioprospecting of endophytic fungi for bioactive compounds.- Chapter 33. Bioactive Compounds from Endophytic Fungi.- Chapter 34. Bioactive potential of non-conventional edible wild mushroom Amanita.- Chapter 35. Fungus Monascus -fermented red yeast rice (RYR): Natural therapeutic statin source or mycotoxin?- Chapter 36. Nanoparticles from Fungi (Myconanoparticles).
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 779 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 660.6/2; Medicine; Fungi -- Biotechnology; Science -- Life Sciences -- General; Science -- Environmental Science; Science -- Biotechnology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology; Mycology, fungi (non-medical); Sustainability; Microbiology (non-medical); Biomedical engineering; Entomology; Sustainable development; Microbiology; Medical -- Allied Health Services -- Medical Technology; Biomedical engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811303937; 9811303932
• Related ISBNs: 9789811303920
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 14, 2018).
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