Diversity and Biotechnology of Ectomycorrhizae by Mahendra Rai

Diversity and Biotechnology of Ectomycorrhizae by Mahendra Rai

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.

Professor C. Manoharachary has served Osmania University for 45 long years in different capacities including as Dean. He has also served as Vice-Chancellor of Oriental University, Indore. He has supervised 50 students for Ph.D., published >640 research papers, written and edited 30 books. His contributions to fungal taxonomy is globally acclaimed. Prof Manoharachary has discovered 20 new fungal genera and 82 new fungal species. He has immensely contributed for the advancement of teaching and research in Mycology and Plant Pathology besides establishing excellent infrastructure at Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. He is recipient of Five National Awards including Dr. E. K. Janaki Ammal National Award by the Ministry of Environment and UGC J.C. Bose Award. Further, received five awards from state government including best teacher award and outstanding scientist award. He has been honored with six lifetime achievement awards, served as President of several Indian academies viz., Indian Phytopathological Society, Indian Botanical Society, Mycological Society of India, Indian Science Congress Association-Botany section. Served as chairman/expert member of UGC, DST, DBT, MOENF, ICAR, CSIR and others. He did his postdoctoral work in UK, USA, and Germany. Chary is a fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India, Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Several other academic societies.

Prof. Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Director, Somvanshi Research Foundation, Lucknow and Former Professor & Head, Department of Mycology & Plant Pathology, Banaras Hindu University, India has contributed significantly in developing formulations of biocontrol agents for management of soilborne plant pathogens. The formulations have increased the yield of several crops and also controlled most of the soil borne diseases. The products developed are useful as plant growth enhancer and biofungicides for seed, soil and foliar applications and improve the soil health, crop productivity and quality. The technology has been transferred to various industries for commercial production of biopesticides. Prof Singh has received several national awards viz., CSIR Technology Prize 1999, BRSI Industrial Medal Award 2007, CSIR Award for Science & Technology Innovations for Rural Development in 2011, Prof. P. Maheshwari Medel 2011, Mundkur Memorial Award 2015, M.S. Swaminathan Award 2016, C.N.R. Rao Award 2017. During this journey Dr. Singh has obtained 20 US patents, 4 PCT and filed 7 Indian Patents. Prof. Singh published 290 research papers, 42 review articles, 87 book chapters, 20 edited books from CABI, Springer, Elsevier; 4 authored books, guided 23 Ph.D. students, 6 PDFs, 2 DST Women scientist.

Prof. Dr. Ajit Varma Professor Varma has completed his PhD at the age of 25 years from Allahabad University and Former Professor, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Presently, he is the Distinguished Scientist & Professor of Eminence of Amity Institute of Microbial Technology; Group Dy. Vice Chancellor, Ritnand Balved Education Foundation, and Vice Chairman, Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India. He has published more than 314 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editor in Chief of Soil Biology Series, Springer Verlag Germany. Dr Varma is the Fellow of Alexander-von-Humboldt Society, Germany, elected Fellow of National Academy Agricultural Sciences and Fellow of Microbiology Society of India.

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ISBN 13	9783642151958
ISBN 10	3642151957
Title	Diversity and Biotechnology of Ectomycorrhizae
Author	Mahendra Rai
Series	Soil Biology
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Springer
Year published	2010-11-16
Number of pages	459
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