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Current Concepts in Botany

Edited by K G Mukerji and C Manoharachary, I K International, 2006, xiv, 496 p, figs, tables, ISBN : 8188237647, $80.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)

Contents: Preface. 1. Preservation of biodiversity of Fungi: herbarium specimens and culture collection/D.K. Agarwal and R.K. Sharma. 2. Trichomycetes: forgotten fungi/C. Manoharachary. 3. The Laboulbeniales (Ascomycetes): distribution and host parasite relationships/Surinder Kaur and K.G. Mukerji. 4. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal taxonomy: an overview/S. Swarupa Rani, I.K. Kunwar and C. Manoharachary. 5. Pathological and taxonomical aspects of the genus Drechslera/Ashok Gaur, Usha Dev and Vivek Mitter. 6. Evaluation of classificatory systems in smut fungi/R.V. Gandhe. 7. Pleurotus: a mushroom of commerce and broad adaptability/C.L. Jandaik. 8. Wood-rotting fungi of temperate Himalaya/J.R. Sharma. 9. Studies on the growth forms of bryophytes in relation to habit at conditions/H. Govindapyari and Prem L. Uniyal. 10. An overview of the forest types and associated spermatophytic vegetation of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh)/M. Sharma and Harinder Singh. 11. Ecological prospects of agroforestry systems in Himachal Pradesh in Western Himalayas of India/Vidya Thakur and C.V. Sarswat. 12. Agro biodiversity in the Indian Himalayas/B.D. Sharma and J.C. Rana. 13. Ethno-medicobotany of tribal areas in Himachal Pradesh, India/Narain Singh Chauhan. 14. Soil microbial diversity in relation to chemical transformations and biotic interactions/Bhoopander Giri, Anupama Shukla and K.G. Mukerji. 15. Role of endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria in crop production/K.V.B.R. Tilak. 16. Arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in agricultural plants including weeds/Rajni Gupta and K.G. Mukerji. 17. Integration of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with micropropagated plants/N. Raaman and S. Patharajan. 18. Influence of mycorrhizal fungi on the growth and survival of micropropagated forest trees/M. Sudhakara Reddy and Ajay Kumar Pandey. 19. Effect of dual inoculation of AM fungi and bradyrhizobium japonicum on nodulation and nitrogen content in soybean/S. Neupane and B.N. Prasad. 20. Microbial degradation of hazardous dyes/Ved Pal Singh, Lokendra Singh, Ishwar Singh and Rajesh Kumar. 21. Composting technology: significance and potential/D.J. Bagyaraj, S. Sharath, and A.N. Balakrishna. 22. Seed mycoflora and aflatoxin contamination in Mustard during storage/Manju Tomar-Balhara, Rupam Kapoor and A.K. Bhatnagar. 23. Air and soil-transmitted fungal pathogens of onion: diseases caused and control/Nuray Ozer. 24. Allelochemicals: the possibility of management of plant diseases/Kaori Tomita-Yokotani, Takako Kato and Toshisada Suzuki. 25. Developments in production, characteristics and potential applications of yeast phytases/Parvinder Kaur and T. Satyanarayana. 26. Insights into mode of action of insecticidal proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis/Neema Agrawal, Naresh Arora and Raj K. Bhatnagar. 27. Enhancement of wheat performance with plant growth promoting bacteria in different soils/Dilfuza Egamberdiyeva. 28. Phytoremediation: a cost-effective approach for the removal of soil contaminants/I.S. Dua, Davood Eradatmand Asli, Ritu Sarsoha and Vikas Kumar. 29. Genetically modified cotton and its biosafety concerns: a review/I.S. Dua, Vikas Kumar, Davood Eradatmand Asli and Bhavneet. 30. Phase change in plants: some aspects/Priyanka Kapoor and I. Usha Rao. 31. Introduction of glycinebetaine pathway through genetic engineering enhances potential of plants to withstand abiotic stress/P. Sharmila, Shipra Gupta, Firoz Anwar and P. Pardha Saradhi. Index.

"In the recent years significant number of advances have been made in all aspects of plant sciences and to bring the widely different aspects under one cover is indeed a Herculean Albeit subjective task. That is precisely what the effort of the editors has been in compiling Current Concepts in Botany, which is a collection of review articles as well as original research papers from contemporary fellow botanists from all over the world.

This volume contains 31 authoritative and thought provoking articles of both applied and fundamental value written by leading scientists in the area of their specialization. The objective in developing this volume was to offer a detailed overview of the applied aspects of Botany in terms of its theoretical, methodological and empirical contributions. Interdisciplinary aspects of the subject have been emphasized in the present volume."

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