Mycoagroecology : integrating fungi into agroecosystems /: integrating fungi into agroecosystems. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Elizabeth Gall, Noureddine Benkeblia.
• Editors: Gall, Elizabeth; Benkeblia, Noureddine
• Contents: INTRODUCTION 1 Nutrient Cycling and Trophic Lifestyles (Elizabeth Gall and Noureddine Benkeblia) 1.1 Photosynthesis: Primary Calorie Production 1.2 Primary and Secondary Metabolites 1.3 The Carbon Cycle 1.4 The Nitrogen Cycle 1.5 Heterotroph Lifestyles 1.5.1 Ingestive Heterotrophs 1.5.2 Absorptive Heterotrophs 1.6 Agroecological Applications 2 Evolution and Symbiosis (Elizabeth Gall) 2.1 Fitness and Genes 2.2 Species 2.3 Evolution and Evolutionary Pressures 2.4 Coevolution and Symbiosis 2.4.1 Mutualism 2.4.2 Predators and Prey 2.4.3 Competition 2.4.4 Commensalism and Parasitism 2.5 Context Dependence of Symbiosis 2.6 Agroecological Applications 3 Population Dynamics (Elizabeth Gall) 3.1 Energy Flow in Ecosystems 3.2 Growth Curves 3.3 Carrying Capacity and Population Cycles 3.4 Agroecological Applications 4 The Kingdom Fungi (Steven Stephenson and Elizabeth Gall) 4.1 Basic Structures of Fungi 4.2 Basic Classification of Fungi and Fungus-Like Organisms 4.2.1 Slime Molds 4.3 Taxonomy of Macrofungi 4.4 Taxonomy of Microfungi 4.5 Sexual Reproduction 4.5.1 Basidiomycetes 4.5.2 Ascomycetes 4.6 Asexual and Sexual Stages 4.7 Fundamental Niches of Fungi 4.7.1 Saprotrophic Fungi 4.7.2 Fungi in Symbioses 4.8 Secondary Metabolites of Interest 4.8.1 Culinary Use 4.8.2 Poisons or Toxins 4.8.3 Medicinal Compounds 5 Limiting Factors in Agriculture (Noureddine Benkeblia) 5.1 Meteorological Limiting Factors 5.1.1 Extreme Temperature as a Limiting Factor 5.1.1.1 High Temperatures 5.1.1.2 Low Temperatures 5.1.1.3 Long-Term Effects of Extreme Temperatures 5.1.2 CO2 Concentration as a Limiting Factor 5.2 Where Meteorological and Land Factors Meet: Water as a Limiting Factor 5.3 Limiting Land Factors: Nutrient Supply 5.3.1 Nitrogen (N) 5.3.2 Phosphorus (P) 5.3.3 Potassium (K) 6 Principles of Crop Breeding and Productivity (Elizabeth Gall) 6.1 Artificial Evolutionary Pressure 6.2 Metabolite Limits of Selective Breeding 6.3 Photosynthetic Limits of Selective Breeding 6.4 Evolved Alternatives to C3 Photosynthesis 6.4.1 C4 Photosynthesis 6.4.2 CAM Photosynthesis 6.4.3 Evolutionary Limits 6.5 Other Methods to Increase Yields and Efficiency 6.5.1 Intercropping 6.5.2 Crop Rotation 6.5.3 Directed Genetic Modification 6.6 Developing Cooperative Varieties of Plants and Fungi 7 Pests and Pest Management Methods (Juan F. Barrera) 7.1 Humans Versus Pests 7.2 Pest Management Strategies and Tactics 7.3 Economics and Ecology of Pests 7.3.1 The Economic Approach 7.3.2 The Ecological Approach 7.3.2.1 r- Pests 7.3.2.2 K- Pests 7.3.2.3 Intermediate Pests 7.4 The Future of Pest Management 7.4.1 Biologically Intensive IPM 7.4.2 Agroecologically Integrated Pest Management 7.4.3 Ecologically Based Pest Management (EBPM) 7.4.4 Total System Approach 7.4.5 Integrated Management of Biodiversity (IMB) 7.4.6 Integrated Crop Management (ICM) 7.4.7 Integrated Production 7.4.8 Integrated Agroecosystem Design and Management (IADM) 7.4.9 Crop Health and Salutogenesis 7.4.10 Holistic Pest Management (HPM) 7.5 Conclusion 8 Economic Factors in Agriculture (Elizabeth Gall and Barbara Laff) 8.1 Supply and Demand 8.1.1 Agricultural Supply: Balancing Inputs and Outputs with Costs and Income 8.1.2 Agricultural Demand: Glut Price Cycles 8.2 Farm Sizes and Types 8.2.1 Farm Consolidation 8.3 Market Distortions 8.3.1 Government Interventions 8.4 Other Factors 8.4.1 &a
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 579.5; Mycology; Fungi in agriculture; Fungi -- Ecology; Agricultural ecology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000755336; 9781000755251; 9780429320415
• Related ISBNs: 9780367335243
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