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Title Agriculture and food production / edited by George G. Khachatourians, Dilip K. Arora
Published New York : Elsevier, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (445 pages)
Series Applied mycology and biotechnology ; v. 1
Contents Front Cover; APPLIED MYCOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION; Copyright Page; Preface; Editorial Board for Volume 1; Contents; Chapter 1. Applied mycology and biotechnology for agriculture and foods; Chapter 2. Filamentous fungi- growth and physiology; Chapter 3. Metabolic regulation in fungi; Chapter 4. Protein secretion by fungi; Chapter 5. Significance of fungal peptide secondary metabolites in the agri-food industry; Chapter 6. Plant antifungal peptides and their use in transgenic food crops; Chapter 7. Clustered metabolic pathway genes in filamentous fungi
Summary Presenting a stimulating synthesis of rapidly growing research interests and publications by scholars in the field of applied mycology and biotechnology. The surge of research and development activity in applied mycology and fungal biotechnology relates to the need and utility of fungi in many contexts. These contexts are wide in scope, and include agriculture, animal and plant health, biotransformation of organic or inorganic matter, food safety, composition of nutrients and micronutrients, and human and animal infectious disease. Containing a balanced treatment of principles, biotechnologica
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Agricultural biotechnology.
Food -- Biotechnology.
Fungi -- Biotechnology.
Agricultural biotechnology.
Food -- Biotechnology.
Fungi -- Biotechnology.
Form Electronic book
Author Arora, Dilip K
Khachatourians, George G., 1940-
ISBN 9780444506573
0444506578
9780080527437
0080527434
1281038806
9781281038807