Mycorrhizae and Plant Health

Softcover  360 pages  ISBN 0890541582      £40.00

This book emphasizes the key role mycorrhizae play in sustainable systems of agricultural and forest production. Includes a discussion of ectomycorrhizae that occur on several major families of trees being managed for wood products. The contents are as follows:

Preface

Contributors

Role of Mycorrhizae in Biocontrol

• Role of VAM Fungi in Biocontrol
• Role of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Biocontrol

Role of Mycorrhizae in Reclamation

• Role of VAM Fungi in Mine Land Revegetation
• Role of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and Minesite Reclamation

Effects of Cultural Practices and Pesticides on Mycorrhizae

• The Effects of Cultural Practices and Pesticides on VAM Fungi
• Effects of Nursery Cultural Practices on Management of Specific Ectomycorrhizae on Bareroot Tree Seedlings

Mycorrhizae and Atmospheric Pollution

• Air Pollution and Ecosystem Health: The Mycorrhizal Connection

Effects of Mycorrhizae on Biogeochemistry and Soil Structure

• Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and Biogeochemical Cycling
• Effects of Ectomycorrhizae on Biogeochemistry and Soil Structure

Current Status of Field Application of Mycorrhizal Fungi

• Involvement of Cropping Systems, Plant Produced Compounds and Inoculum Production in the Functioning of VAM Fungi
• Current Status of Outplanting Studies using Ectomycorrhiza-inoculated Forest Trees

VAM Fungal Systematics

• Systematics of Glomalean Endomycorrhizal Fungi: Current Views and Future Directions

Genetic Variability in Mycorrhiza Formation and Function Molecular and Genetic Approaches to Understanding

• Variability in Mycorrhizal Formation and Functioning

General Summary