Nematode-Trapping Fungi

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zhang, Ke-Qin (Editor), Hyde, Kevin D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Fungal Diversity Research Series, 23
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Microbial ecology.; Molecular ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Mycology.; Ecotoxicology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Molecular Ecology.; Microbial Ecology.

These chapters provide up-to-date information on nematophagous fungi, particularly those of the Orbiliaceae in Ascomycota, whose asexual states produce nematode-trapping devices. The authors consider fungal-nematode interactions, fossil fungi, the biodiversity, ecology and geographical distribution...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Abstract
• 1. Nematode-Trapping Fungi
• 2. Methodology for Studying Nematophagous Fungi
• 3. Taxonomy of Nematode-Trapping Fungi from Orbiliaceae, Ascomycota
• 4. The Ecology of Nematophagous Fungi in Natural Environments
• 5. Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes by Nematophagous Fungi
• 6. Molecular Mechanism of Nematophagous Fungi Infection of Nematodes
• 7. Nematode-Toxic Fungi and their Nematicidal Metabolites
• 8. Future Study
• Index.