Mycorrhiza - Function, Diversity, State of the Art

Prof Dr Ajit Varma: Ajit Varma has completed his PhD at the age of 25 years from Allahabad University and Former Professor, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Presently, he is the Distinguished Scientist & Professor of Eminence of Amity Institute of Microbial Technology; Pro-Vice Chancellor, Ritnand Balved Education Foundation, and Vice Chairman, Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India. He has published more than 314 papers. Ajit Varma is the Fellow of Alexander-von-Humboldt Society, Germany, elected Fellow of National Academy Agricultural Sciences and Fellow of Microbiology Society of India. Ajit Varma is also series editor of the Springer series "Soil Biology". Dr Ram Prasad: Assistant professor at Amity Institute of Microbial technology, Amity University, Noida, India. He is working on plant microbe interaction, nanobiotechnology, and microbial biotechnology including fungal biology. Ram Prasad has edited several books and has published a number of research papers and review articles to his credit in international journals. During 2014, Ram Prasad has been awarded American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigator, USA. Prof Dr Narendra Tuteja: An elected fellow of numerous academies and visiting scientists at ICGEB, New Delhi, he is currently Director and Head of Amity Institute of Microbial technology, Amity University, Noida, UP, India. Narendra Tuteja has made significant contributions to crop improvement under adverse conditions, reporting the first helicase from plant and human cells and demonstrating new roles of Ku autoantigen, nuclolin and elF4A as DNA helicases. Narendra Tuteja also reported several high salinity stress tolerant genes from plant and fungi and developed salt/drought tolerant plants.

1 Introduction to Mycorrhiza: Historical Development.- 2 Mobilization of Micronutrients by Mycorrhizal Fungi.- 3 Soil: Do Not Disturb, Mycorrhiza in Action.- 4 Mycorrhiza-Creating Good Spaces for Interactions.- 5 Mycorrhizal Helper Bacteria: Sustainable Approach.- 6 Mycorrhization of Fagaceae Forests within Mediterranean Ecosystems.- 7 ECTOMYCORRHIZA: Their Diversity, Ecology and Practical Applications.- 8 Plant Flavonoids: Key Players in Signalling, Establishment and Regulation of Rhizobial and Mycorrhizal Endosymbioses.- 9 Mycorrhizas in Forest Tree Health.- 10 Ectomycorrhizal Fungi: A Major Player in Early Sucession.- 11 Truffle Ecology: Genetic Diversity, Soil Interactions and Functioning.- 12 Inter- and Intraspecific Fungal Diversity in The Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis.- 13 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Dark Septate Endophytes in Grapevine: the Potential for Sustainable Viticulture?.- 14 What Have We Learnt from Studying Mycorrhizal Colonisation of Wetland Plant Species?.-15 Response of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi To Global Climate Change and Their Role in Terrestrial Ecosystem C and N Cycling.- 16 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Hypoxic Environments.- 17 Piriformospora indica (Serendipita indica) -The Novel Symbiont.- 18 Mass Cultivation of Mycorrhiza-like fungus Piriformospora indica (Serendipita indica) by Batch in Biorector.

"Periodic syntheses are essential to provide overviews of just where particular areas of research are today, and that is accomplished here in 18 chapters involving 45 authors drawn from 11 countries. ... The book is nicely produced, with some coloured figures distributed though the text ... . a collection of mainly potentially stand-alone chapters on particular aspects of mycorrhizal research ... . Mycorrhizal researchers will consequently use this as a source for reviews of the selected subjects covered ... ." (IMA Fungus, Vol. 8 (1), 2017)