TY - BOOK ID - 14305698 TI - Diversity and biotechnology of ectomycorrhizae AU - Rai, Mahendra. AU - Varma, Ajit. PY - 2010 SN - 3642151957 9786612994548 3642151965 1282994549 PB - Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Ectomycorrhizal fungi. KW - Ectomycorrhizas -- Biotechnology. KW - Forest soils. KW - Mycorrhizas -- Biotechnology. KW - Agriculture KW - Agriculture - General KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Ectomycorrhizas. KW - Soil conservation. KW - Ectomycorrhiza KW - Ectomycorrhizae KW - Ectophytic mycorrhizas KW - Ectotrophic mycorrhizas KW - Life sciences. KW - Agriculture. KW - Soil science. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Soil Science & Conservation. KW - Conservation of soil KW - Erosion control, Soil KW - Soil erosion KW - Soil erosion control KW - Soils KW - Agricultural conservation KW - Soil management KW - Control KW - Prevention KW - Conservation KW - Mycorrhizas KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Pedology (Soil science) KW - Earth sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14305698 AB - Ectomycorrhizal fungi play multifunctional roles during symbioses with higher plants. They can serve as bioprotectors, biofertilizers, bioremediators and stress indicators. Further, they are the true “mycoindicators” of forest ecosystems, where an enormous diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi can be found. Some ectomycorrhizal fungi also produce edible sporocarps, i.e., fruiting bodies, which are important for the food industry. Ectomycorrhizal fungi also produce various metal chelating molecules, which are of remarkable biotechnological significance and which also secrete useful secondary metabolites. Molecular approaches are required for the identification and differentiation of fungi forming symbioses with higher plants, while molecular tools are important to understand how genes are expressed during symbiosis with higher plants. Students, researchers and teachers of botany, mycology, microbiology, forestry, and biotechnology will find a valuable source of information in this Soil Biology volume. ER -