Mycorrhizae and Plant Health

Mycorrhizae and Plant Health

This book emphasizes the key role mycorrhizae play in sustainable systems of agricultural and forest production. Includes a discussion of ectomycorrhizae that occur on several major families of trees being managed for wood products.

Table of Contents

Preface; Contributors; Role of Mycorrhizae in Biocontrol; Role of VAM Fungi in Biocontrol; Role of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Biocontrol; Role of Mycorrhizae in Reclamation; Role of VAM Fungi in Mine Land Revegetation; Role of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and Minesite Reclamation; Effects of Cultural Practices and Pesticides on Mycorrhizae The Effects of Cultural Practices and Pesticides on VAM Fungi; Effects of Nursery Cultural Practices on Management of Specific Ectomycorrhizae on Bareroot Tree Seedlings; Mycorrhizae and Atmospheric Pollution; Air Pollution and Ecosystem Health: The Mycorrhizal Connection; Effects of Mycorrhizae on Biogeochemistry and Soil Structure; Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and Biogeochemical Cycling; Effects of Ectomycorrhizae on Biogeochemistry and Soil Structure; Current Status of Field Application of Mycorrhizal Fungi; Involvement of Cropping Systems, Plant Produced Compounds and Inoculum Production in the Functioning of VAM Fungi; Current Status of Outplanting Studies using Ectomycorrhiza-inoculated Forest Trees; VAM Fungal Systematics; Systematics of Glomalean Endomycorrhizal Fungi: Current Views and Future Directions; Genetic Variability in Mycorrhiza Formation and Function Molecular and Genetic Approaches to Understanding; Variability in Mycorrhizal Formation and Functioning; General Summary