Contents: Preface. 1. Fungi in biotechnology: historical to current perceptions/B.N. Johri and R. Goel. 2. Biosystematics: status of Fungi in India/A.K. Sarbhoy. 3. Mycorrhiza in forestation/K.G. Mukherji and M. Sharma. 4. Approaches for mass multiplication of VAM fungi under aseptic conditions/P. Raja and A. Mahadevan. 5. Ultrastructural studies of spore wall and sporoplasm of Glomus deserticola/G. Nagarajan and A. Mahadevan. 6. Effect of VAM fungi on the growth of Acacia auriculiformis/D.A. Sumana and D.J. Bagyaraj. 7. Problems and prospects in inoculum production technology of ectomycorrhizal fungi/T. Satyanarayana, V. Gupta and S. Garg. 8. The role of VA mycorrhizae in the improvement of tuber crops in pot and field conditions/V. Ganesan and A. Mahadevan. 9. Ultrastructure of the mycorrhizal association formed between Saccharum officinarum and Glomus aggregatum/C.R. Bojan, C. Ramesh and A. Mahadevan. 10. Effect of long term (16 years) fertilizer application on native VA mycorrhizal population/K.M. Harinikumar and D.J. Bagyaraj. 11. Biotechnology of immobilized B-glucosidase for cellobiose hydrolysis to glucose/R. Mathew and K.K. Rao. 12. Biodelignification of lignocellulosic feeds with white rot fungi for the feeding of ruminants/D.N. Kamra. 13. Morphogenesis in cells of Curvularia lunata VKM F-644 during growth and steroid biotransformation/S.B. Chincholkar. 14. Thermostable amylase activity of fungi isolated from a hot spring/C.C. Rath and V.R. Subramanyam. 15. Cellulase from penicillium funiculosum and its applications/S.G. Gayal and V.G. Khandeparkar. 16. Extracellular protease production studies in some industrial wastes/G. Dixit and S.C. Verma.

17. Extracellular B, 1-3 glucan production by Acremonium obclavatum W. Gams an antagonist to Puccinia arachidis speg., the groundnut rust/M. Sathiyabama and R. Balasubramanian. 18. Extracellular enzyme production by white rot fungi on different agrowastes/K.S. Jagadeesh and G.S. Geetha. 19. Significance and characterisation of cellulases (Cx) secreted by Fusarium spp./S.N. Nair and R. Arora. 20. Role of mycoflora in the decomposition of leafy biomass/P. Joshi, R.P. Thakre and T. Kate. 21. Mycolytic enzymes and biocontrol potential of Fusarium solani, on Puccinia arachidis, the groundnut rust/P. Bhuvaneswari and R. Balasubramanian. 22. Characterization and cloning of B-glucosidase from Pichia etchellsii/M. Pandey, S. Mishra, P. Usha Sree and V.S. Bisaria. 23. Effect of Rhizopus oryzae on the composition and digestibility of potato processing waste/M. Arora, V.K. Sehgal, V.K. Thapar and M. Wadhwa. 24. Substrate relationship of Trichoderma reesei and Aspergillus niger on various cellulosic substrates as monoculture/N. Mallick and S.C. Verma. 25. Pretreatment of redgram stalk with lignolytic fungi for its subsequent methanogenesis/G.S. Geetha and K.S. Jagadeesh. 26. Nutritional improvement of rice straw by higher fungi/M. Arora, V.K. Sehgal, V.K. Thapar and M. Wadhwa.

27. Spent Mycelia: an active participant in bio-remediation of Mercury/N.G. Modi and S.R. Dave. 28. Optimization of certain conditions for induced fusion of protoplasts of Sclerotium rolfsii in polyethylene glycol solutions/R. Kaur and G.S. Dhillon. 29. Solid state fermentation of lignocellulosics/A.K. Puniya and K. Singh. 30. Solid state fermentation of lignocellulosics by Pleurotus ostreatus/A. Kaur, R. Dhillon, N. Aggarwal and R.S. Kahlon. 31. Co-inoculation of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and Rhizobium impede Sclerotium rolfsii in greengram (Vigna radiata (L), Wilczek)/D.M. Javoor, R.R.M. Junaiah and M.N. Sreenivasa. 32. Interaction between mycorrhizal fungi and plant pathogens/S.C. Vyas, S.L. Naik and A. Vyas. 33. Effect of dual inoculation-Rhizobium and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza in pigeonpea/A.S. Khurana and P. Sharma. 34. Polyamine biosynthetic inhibitors in the control of mycotoxins/V.K. Reddy, P. Giridhar, M. Surekha, S.M. Reddy and M.V. Rajam. 35. Temperature tolerance and incompatibility studies for strain improvement of wild and cultivated Agaricus bitorquis of tropical and temperate climates/V.S. Pahil, J.F. Smith and T.J. Elliott. 36. Relevance of solid state fermentation for industrial exploitation of filamentous fungi/B.K. Lonsane. 37. Screening of soil fungi for biosorption of some toxic and precious metals from solutions/A.V. Pethkar and K.M. Paknikar. 38. Fungal biotechnology for animal feed/K. Singh, G.P. Singh and B.N. Gupta. 39. Influence of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the growth performance of Cajanus cajan L/U.K. Chauhan and N. Tripathi. 40. Significance of microbial flora of Agaricus Mushroom production Cycle/S.K. Dwivedi, K. Verma and A. Prakash. Index. 

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