Mycotechnology

Mycotechnology has a crucial role to play in the 21st century. Fungi are bioprotectors, bioremediators, bio-fertilizers, drug-producers and involved in everyday life. "Mycotechnology: Present Status and Future Prospects" includes current and rare topics on mycotechnology, such as, molecular techniques (for analysis of soil fungi, diagnosis of ochratoxin-A producing fungi, identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi), SPPADBASE, bioactive sesquiterpenes, mycological applications of Raman spectroscopy, etc. This book discusses latest developments in mycotechnology. It provides new techniques and innovative ideas in fungal biotechnology. It addresses molecular diagnosis of mycotoxins, soil microbes and ectomycorrhizal fungi. It includes role of type culture collection in mycological research and applications, e.g. drug discovery from fungi. It deals with the role of fungal chitinases. It focuses on strategic role of AMF in agroecosystem and disease control. It contains database of PCR primers for phytopathogenic fungi. This book is essential reading for mycologists, biotechnologists, microbiologists, botanists, agronomists, physicists, biochemists.