Water, Fungi and Plants

Symposium of the British Mycological Society Held at the University of Lancaster, April 1985
Herausgeber: Ayres, P. G.; Boddy, Lynne

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The chapters of this book, which was originally published in 1986, give a broad perspective on the relationship between water, fungi and plants.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 691g
• ISBN-13: 9780521106238
• ISBN-10: 0521106230
• Artikelnr.: 33609308

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors; Preface; Note on terminology and abbreviations; 1. Basic
principles of cell and tissue water relations R. I. Papendick and D. J.
Mulla; 2. Water, turgor and osmotic potentials of fungi D. Eamus and D. H.
Jennings; 3. Water relations of sclerotia and other infective structures R.
C. Cooke and A. M. Al-Hamdani; 4. Water availability and fungal
reproduction: patterns of spore production, liberation and dispersal J.
Lacey; 5. Spore dispersal in splash droplets B. D. L. Fitt and H. A.
McCartney; 6. The zoospore and its problems M. J. Carlile; 7. Water
relations and pathogen activity in soil J. M. Duniway and T. R. Gordon; 8.
Epidemiological significance of liquid water in crop canopies and its role
in disease forecasting D. J. Royle and D. R. Butler; 9. Water stress
predisposition to disease - and overview D. F. Schoenweiss; 10. Drought,
irrigation and fungal diseases of tropical crops J. M. Waller; 11.
Interaction of host stress and pathogen ecology on Phytophthora infection
and symptom expression in nutrient film-grown tomatoes M. Holderness and G.
F. Pegg; 12. Phytoalexins, water stress and stomata C. M. Willmer and A. M.
Plumbe; 13. Movement of liquid water and the effects of fungal infection H.
G. Jones; 14. Effects of root pathogens on plant water relations R. Hall;
15. Foliar pathogens alter the water relations of their hosts with
consequences for both host and pathogen P. G. Ayres and N. D. Paul; 16.
Water relations of mycorrhizal fungi and their adaptation to the
environment P. Dowding; 17. Water and the origins of decay in trees A. D.
M. Rayner; 18. Post-harvest spoilage of fruits and vegetables C. Dennis;
19. Water and the ecology of fungi in stored products G. Ayerst; 20. Water
and decomposition processes in terrestrial ecosystems Lynne Boddy; Index.