Fungal Biotechnology in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Applications Book

	Preface
	Contributors
I	Agricultural Biotechnology
1	Biotechnological Approaches in Plant Protection: Achievements, New Initiatives, and Prospects	1
2	Chemical Identification of Fungi: Metabolite Profiling and Metabolomics	19
3	Isozyme Analysis in Fungal Taxonomy, Genetics, and Population Biology	37
4	Molecular Methods for Identification of Plant Pathogenic Fungi	49
5	The Application of Molecular Markers in the Epidemiology of Plant Pathogenic Fungi	57
6	Molecular Biology for Control of Mycotoxigenic Fungi	69
7	Biotechnological Potential of Entomopathogenic Fungi	79
8	Biotechnological Potential of Ergol Alkaloids	91
9	Fungi as Plant Growth Promoter and Disease Suppressor	101
10	Challenges and Strategies for Development of Mycoberbicides	111
11	Biofungicides	123
12	Molecular Biology of Biocontrol Trichoderma	135
13	The Biological Control Agent Trichoderma from Fundamentals to Applications	147
14	Biological Control of Fungal Diseases on Vegetable Crops with Fungi and Yeats	157
15	Control of Postharvest Diseases of Fruits Using Microbes	173
16	Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Plant Disease Control	183
17	Commercialization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Biofertilizer	195
18	Control of Nematodes by Fungi	205
II	Food and Feeds
19	Fungi in Food Technology: An Overview	217
20	Fungi and Fermented Food	223
21	Production of Edible Fungi	233
22	Mycoprotein and Related Microbial Protein Products	247
23	Genetic Variability of Yeast in Wine Fermentation	257
24	Yeast in the Diary Industry	269
25	Flavors and Aromas	281
26	Antifungal Food Additives	291
27	Molecular Detection of Fungi in Food and Feeds	299
28	The Role of Spoilage Fungi in Seed Deterioration	311
29	Mycotoxins	325
30	Genetics and Biochemistry of Mycotoxin Synthesis	343
III	Environmental Biotechnology
31	Cellulose Degradation by Fungi	363
32	The Importance of Wood-Decay Fungi in Forest Ecosystems	375
33	The Biodegradation of Lignocellulose by White Rot Fungi	393
34	Biomineralization of Heavy Metals	409
35	Decoloration of Industrial Wastes and Degradation of Dye Water	419
36	Bioconversion of Distillery Waste	431
37	Degradation of Hydrocarbons by Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi	443
38	Biodegradation of Azo Dyes by Fungi	457
39	Fungal Degradation of Explosives	471
40	Restoration of Mycorrhizae in Disturbed Arid Ecosystems	481
	Index	493