About the Book
Preface
Chapter 1: Mycological Research for Agriculture and Medical Importance: An IntroductionDr. Ajar Nath Yadav Department of Biotechnology, Eternal University Baru Sahib, Srmour-173101, Himachal Pradesh, India
Chapter 2: Beneficial Fungal Communities from Agricultural Soil for Plant Growth Promotion and Soil HealthDr. Li-Xing Zhao, Key Laboratory of Microbial Diversity in Southwest China of Ministry of Education and Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Institute of Microbiology Yunnan University Kunming People's Republic of China.
Chapter 3: Plant Growth Promoting Fungi: Mechanisms and Applications for Crop ProductivityDr. Rashmi Malik, G. B. Pant Univeristy of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
Chapter 4: Alleviation of Diverse Abiotic Stress in Plant through the Fungal CommunitiesDr. Chhatarpal Singh, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226025, India
Chapter 5: Phosphate Solubilizing Fungi: Current Perspective and Future Need for Agricultural SustainabilityDr. Suman Kumar Halder, Department of Microbiology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore-721102, West Bengal
Chapter 6: Fe-Chelating Compounds Producing Fungal Communities and their ApplicationsDr. Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem, Ph D, Mycosystematist Botany Department, Faculty of Science, University of Suez Canal, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt,
Chapter 7: Fungal Diversity and Ecology: Major Challenges for Crop Production in Present Climate ScenariosDr. Zachow C, Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Petersgasse 12, A-8010 Graz, Austria
Chapter 8: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Interactions with Plants and their Role in Agricultural SustainabilityDr. Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem, Ph D, Mycosystematist, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, University of Suez Canal, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt
Chapter 9: Portraying Fungal Mechanisms in Stress Tolerance: Perspective for Sustainable AgricultureDr. Ashok Kumar, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding (Plant Biotechnology), Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, Banaras Hindu University, Mirzapur-231001, India
Chapter 10: Fungal Communities as Biological Control Agents for Different Phytopathogenic OrganismsDr. S. Kiewnick, University of Bonn, Institute for Plant Diseases, Phytopathology and Nematology in Soil Ecosystems, Nussallee 9, D-53115 Bonn, Germany.
Chapter 11: Fungal Nanoparticles for Sustainable AgricultureDr. Ahmed A. Hamed, Microbial Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
Chapter 12: Medically Important Fungi: Biodiversity, Abundances, and ApplicationsDr. Laura H. Hogan, Departments of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Medical School and University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin 53792
Chapter 13: Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Medically Important Fungi: Current Research and Future ProspectsDr. Gerhard Haase, CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands (GSdH)
Chapter 14: Human Fungal Pathogens: Diversity, Genomics, and PreventionsDr. Hesham Ali Metwally Ali El-Enshasy, Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)81310 UTM, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Chapter 15: Formation, Resistance and Pathogenicity of Fungal Biofilms: Current T
