Phoma Identification Manual: Differentiation of Specific and Infra-specific Taxa in Culture

Phoma Identification Manual: Differentiation of Specific and Infra-specific Taxa in Culture

by G H Boerema, Zandvoort, The Netherlands; J de Gruyter, Plant Protection Service, Wageningen; M E Noordeloos, National Herbarium of the Netherlands; M E C Hamers, Plant Protection Services, Wageningen

Pub Date: May 2004
Hardback
448 pages

Readership
Researchers in mycology, plant pathology and microbiology.

Key Features
• Cultural descriptions of 223 specific and infra-specific taxa of Phoma
• 1146 synonyms in various Coelomycetes genera
• Various tables on host relations or connections are given as well as indices to all fungal taxa and hosts mentioned
• One colour plate

Main Description
Phoma is a genus of fungi within the Coelomycetes. These fungi are commonly and frequently recovered in culture from all ecological situations, but are very difficult to identify. There has been a great need for a practical manual to aid such identification, and this book will fill that gap. It provides line drawings and keys for the identification of common pathogenic and saprotrophic species of Phoma in vitro, with references to additional diagnostic literature, representative cultures and documentation of the numerous synonyms formerly used in the mycological and phytopathological literature.

Reviews
• "I found this book to be a very important and valuable tool for identification of Phoma and I believe it will and should be found in many laboratories in the future."
Hans J Lyngs Jorgensen, European Journal of Plant Pathology
• "This manual finally brings together the hiterto scattered published information between two covers...It is a most welcome and long overdue addition to coelomycete diagnostics; strongly recommended."
Brian C. Sutton, Microbiology Today
• "This is a key publication for all interested in Phoma."
Eliyathamby Punithalingam
• " This comprehensive work will likely provide a foundation for many future studies of all types in the group. In that respect this book is timely and may well be the 'rosetta' stone for mycologists interested in building a phylogenetic system of identifying and classifying fungi identified as belonging to the genus Phoma."
Jim White, Inoculum, 56, 2005