Progress in Mycology
The present book is aimed to provide the readers with current trends in the field of Mycology in general and fungal biotechnology in particular. The book would be of utmost importance to students, researchers and teachers of botany, mycology, microbiology
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Mahendra Rai
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George Kovics
Editors
Progress in Mycology
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Editors Mahendra Rai Professor and Head Department of Biotechnology SGB Amravati University Maharashtra, India
George Kovics Professor and Head Department of Plant Protection Debrecen 'University Debrecen, Hungary
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ISBN 978-90-481-3712-1
e-ISBN 978-90-481-3713-8
DOl 10.1007/978-90-481-3713-8
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Contents
I.
Contributors
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Preface
xi
Better Yeast for Better Wine - Genetic Improvement of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Wine Strains - Dorit Schuller
2.
Genetics and Genomics of Aspergillus jlavus - liujiang Yu, William C. Nierman, loan W. Bennett, Thomas E. Cleveland, Deepak Bhatnaga r, Bruce C. Campbell. Ralph A. Dean. and Gary Payne
3.
Genetic Transformation of Zygomycetes Fungi - Tamas Papp, Arpad Csernetics, Ildiko Nyilasi, Marianna Abrok, Csaba Vagvolgyi
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Current Advances in Aspergillosis - Amparo Sole
95
- Salwa Shabbir Sheikh and Samir Sami Amr
141
Fungal Infections of The Central Nervous System
Otomycosis in Turkey: A Review - Muge Ozcan
181
- Ahmed Ragab
193
- Azevedo. E., Figueira . D.• Caeiro, M.F. and Barata, M.
233
Current Trends in Fungal Rhinosinusitis
Biodiversity of Filamentous Fungi on Soils and Sands
Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Growth Promotion of Crop Plants - Sarika Shende and Mahendra Rai
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Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis: Possibilities and Prospects - Kamal Prasad
293
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11.
Progress in Mycology
Higher Basidiomycetes: Mushrooms as a Source of Antioxidants - Mikheil D. Asatiani, Vladimir Elisashvili, George Songulashvili, Abraham Z. Reznick and Solomon P. Wasser
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The Contribution of Wild Fungi to Diet, Income and Health: A world Review - Miriam de Roman
327
-Jerzy Falandysz
349
Mercury in Certain Mushroom Sp
