Biocomplexity of plant-fungal interactions / edited by Darlene Southworth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Southworth, Darlene, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant-fungus relationships.

Physical Description:

ix, 220 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken [N.J.] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Summary:

Complexity in this context means biological relationships that display nonlinear relationships, networks, feedback loops, multiple interactions at single and multiple trophic levels, and functional uncertainty or variability. Biological and environmental scientists explore such relationships between plants and fungus. Among their topics are evidence from the fossil records of fungal endophytes as a driving force in land plant evolution, arbuscular mycorrhizae and grassland ecosystems, fungi and leaf surfaces, fungal influence on plant tolerance to stress, and defining complex interactions between plants and fungi. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Fungal endophytes as a driving force in land plant evolution: evidence from the fossil record / Michael Krings, Thomas N. Taylor, and Nora Dotzler

Molecular interactions in mycorrhizal development / Jonathan M. Plett and Francis Martin

Arbuscular mycorrhizas and grassland ecosystems / R. Michael Miller, Gail W.T. Wilson, and Nancy Collins Johnson

Mycorrhizal networks and seedling establishment in Douglas-fir forests / Suzanne W. Simard

Biology of mycoheterotrophic and mixotrophic plants / Hugues B. Massicotte ... [et al.]

Fungi and leaf surfaces / Ryan W. Shepherd and George J. Wagner

Fungal influence on plant tolerance to stress / Russell J. Rodriguez, Claire J. Woodward, and Regina S. Redman

Fungi, plants and pollinators: sex, disease, and deception / Tobias J. Policha & Bitty A. Roy

Dynamic interplay in a multivariate world: case studies in mycorrhizal and endophytic fungal interactions with herbivores / Louis J. Lamit and Catherine A. Gehring

Biocomplexity in plant fungal interactions / Darlene Southworth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813815947

0813815940

OCLC:

752471496