Mycorrhizal Functioning An Integrative Plant-Fungal Process [Hardcover]

It is now known that over 90 percent of all plants have established integrative plant-fungal processes in their root systems, and it may well turn out to be the case that virtually all plants have mycorrhizae. In this work, many of the best researchers in the field review the current status of research in plant-fungal communications, mycorrhizal organisms, applications, and biotechnology. The focus is a hierarchical one. This volume is comprehensive and covers both ectomycorrhizae and vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrhizae, addressing concepts that are related to all the different groups. Mycorrhizal Functioning will be of interest to professionals and graduate students in microbiology, ecology, mycology, plant pathology, plant science, and soil science. Those working in the agricultural biotechnology industry will also benefit from the book's applications perspective.Contributors; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Development and structure: Fungal reactions to plants prior to mycorrhizal formation-- R. E. Koske and J. N. Gemma; The influence of the plant root on mycorrhizal formation-- A. J. Anderson; The cellular basis of plant-fungus interchanges in mycorrhizal associations-- P. Bonfante-Fasolo and S. Scannerini; The mycorrhizal mycelium-- D. J. Read; Mycorrhiza and carbon flow to the soil-- R. Finlay and B. Soderstrom; Part II: Interactions: Interactions between mycorrhizal fungi and other rhizosphere microorganisms-- C. Azc'on-Aguilar and J. M. Barea; Interactions between fungal symbionts: VA mycorrhizae-- J. M. Wilson and I. C. Tommerup; Interactions of ectomycorrhizal fungi-- J. W. Deacon and L. V. Fleming; Mycorrhizae, nutrient translocation, and interactions between plants-- S. Miller and E. B. Allen; Interactions with the soil fauna-- A. H. Fitter and I. R. Sanders; Part III: System dynamics and application: Specificity phenomena in mycorrhizal symbiosis: community-ecological consequences and practical implicatiolË