Frontiers in Plant Sciences
Contents: Preface. I. Fungal taxonomy: 1. Some new conidial fungi/B. Bhadraiah and Vasant Rao. 2. Fungi of Delhi, XXXVII. Studies on Indian corticolous ascomycetes: six unrecorded species/Surinder Kaur, Geeta Malhotra and K.G. Mukerji. 3. Family xylariaceae-an overview/Alaka Pande. 4. Marine fungi from Orissa (India)-III: mitrosporic fungi/K.N. Borse and B.D. Borse. 5. Notes on some species of agaricus from N.W. Himalayas/Ashok Kumar and T.N. Lakhanpal. 6. Variations in the Smut Fungi/R.V. Gandhe. 7. Biodiversity of rust and smut fungi--India perspective/D.K. Agarwal. 8. A century of contribution towards Indian mycology/D.K. Agarwal. II. Fungal Ecology: 9. Occurrence and phenology of the Oomycetes with special reference to Saprolegniaceae/S.K. Prabhuji. 10. Associative effects of beneficial rhizosphere microorganisms for sustainable agriculture/K.V.B.R. Tilak and N. Ranganayaki. 11. Interactions between rhizosphere microorganisms and plant pathogens/C.S. Reddy, G.S. Laha and K. Muralidharan. 12. The ecology of fungi on plant remains above the soil from Dharwad/Ch. Ramesh and R.S. Chavan. 13. Fungal diversity and pattern of colonization on leaf litter of Anacardium occidentale L/S. Shanthi and B.P.R. Vittal. 14. Aeropalynology and allergic diseases/B.N. Pande. 15. A study of the aerial mycoflora of Mauritius in relation to allergy and asthma/A. Peerally and Vasant Rao. 16. Interactions among Chrysosporium, Keratinophilic and nondermatophytic fungi/R.K.S. Kushwala. III. Microbial Physiology: 17. Role of type III protein secretion in rhizobium-legume symbiosis/K. Annapurna and P. Prakash. 18. Molecular methods for characterization of yeasts associated with foods and beverages/Kakoli Biswas and G.S. Prasad. 19. Hypercellulolytic mutants of Humicola grisea Var. Thermoidea from Sunderban mangrove forest/Kavita Johri and A.K. Jaitly. 20. Calcium mobilization in neurospora crassa/Naveena Lavanya Latha J and Maruthi Mohan P. IV. Microbial application: 21. Antibiotics: past, present, and future--a review/K.R. Aneja and Parikshit Tyagi. 22. Ergot Alkaloids: industrial perspectives/A. Mehta and P. Mehta. 23. Prospect of MMIR (Mixed Microbial Inoculum for Reclamation) for bioremediation and ecorestoration of chromite mine waste area/A.K. Misra, H.N. Thatoi, M.M. Pattnaik, B. Dutta and G.S. Padhi. 24. Why performance of PSMs was not guaranteed?/M.G. Patil, A.B. Chaudhari, N.V. Phirke, S.K. Talegaonkar and R.M Kothari. 25. Mushroom nutriceuticals: an emerging health care aid/Deepak K. Rahi, R.C. Rajak and A.K. Pandey. 26. Role and control of microorganisms involved in dental caries and periodontal diseases--a review/K.R. Aneja, Pranay Jain and Raman Aneja. 27. Yeast-an ideal eukaryotic system for modern biology-an overview/S. Ram Reddy and S.M. Reddy. V. Biological control: 28. Application of microorganism in the biological control of plant pathogens/A.B. Ade, L.V. Gangawane and V.C. Khilare. 29. Biological control of postharvest fungal diseases of fruits and vegetables: current trends and future directions/A.R. Podile and Ch. Neeraja. VI. Mycorrhiza: 30. Plant-fungus interaction during development of arbuscular mycorrhiza/Rupam Kapoor. 31. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi for heavy metal remediation/P. Rajendran, N. Lakshmanan and P. Gunasekaran. 32. Arbuscular mycorrhizal rhizosphere and its impact on plants growth under stress conditions/Bhoopander Giri and K.G. Mukherji. 33. Ectomycorrhizal diversity and its role in the productivity of forest plants/Kamal Prasad, A.K. Pandey and R.C. Rajak. 34. Effect of different isolates of laccaria fraterna for growth improvement of Eucalyptus grandis seedlings in the nursery/Evelin Kramony and K. Natarajan. 35. Actinorhizal and mycorrhizal tripartite symbioses in casuarina equisetifolia for forestry practices/N. Raman, S. Elumalai and S. Patharajan. 36. Mycorrhizae as biocontrol agent in disease control/Rajni Gupta and K.G. Mukerji. VII. Lichens: 37. Phytosociology of macrolichens occurring on pine tree of Nainital Kumaun Himalaya/S.C. Sati, B. Pathak and M. Belwal. VIII. Genetics: 38. Induced genetic variability in green gram. I. Correlation studies/T.N. Mary and H.R. Pulivarthi. 39. Origin of B chromosome-evidence from fluorescence in-situ hybridisation/A.K. Koul. IX. Cynobacteria: 40. Heterocyst differentiation and function in cyanobacteria/D.N. Tiwari, A.K. Mishra and A.P. Singh. 41. Cyanobacteria in the soil crusts and their UV-sunscreen pigments/Johnnita Tirkey and Siba Prasad Adhikary. 42. Industrially important enzymes from cyanobacteria/Padmapriya V and N. Anand. 43. Impact of electric field on Spirulina platensis (Lonar Lake Isolate)/Pushpa Srivastava and Md. Akhtar Khan. X. Aquatic angiosperm: 44. Morphology and distribution of podostemaceae in India/Sanavar, P.L. Uniyal and Shantanu Suman. Index. The editors.
"During the recent years great advances have been made in nearly all fields of plant sciences. Frontiers in Plant Sciences is an attempt to bring all these widely different aspects together in one volume. The present volume contains wide ranging articles on taxonomy of fungi, microbial ecology and applied microbiology (including aerobiology, mycorrhizae, soil rhizosphere, microflora and biological control of plant diseases).
Algae, an aquatic angiosperm, have also been given due space. Comprehensive and concise, it offers a detailed overview of the applied aspects of Botany in terms of its theoretical, methodological and empirical contribution. With emphasis on interdisciplinary aspects, it highlights recent prospective linkages among diverse research paradigms.
The book contains 44 chapters divided into ten sections.
All those interested in the pursuit of plant sciences will find this volume useful and stimulating."
