Techniques for Mycorrhizal Research
Editorial Reviews
Review
A Review of the Original Volumes
"Mycorrhizal research has grown by leaps and bounds in the last decade...in recent years there has been an urgent need for a comprehensive and up-to-date source book of techniques; an easily available, detailed account of moderen, sophisticated methods routinely used in laboratories involved in mycorrhizal research. The present volumes meet this requirement well ... I applaud the editors for assembling an impeccable team of researchers, all of whom have contributed to the success of this volume which clearl provides more than mere laboratory procedures. Each author has attempted to provide a framework for the current status to his or her individual area, and outlined new and innovative methods along with the usage and significance of these methods. A vast amount of useful data generated from the application of the techniques reported is also shared. I see this volume as a tremendously valuable collection of methods in mycorrhizal research, seriously presented and snthesized ... This compilation is the best available."
--PLANT SCIENCE BULLETIN
Book Description
It is now almost ten years since the appearance of the only previous volume devoted to the methodologies used in mycorrhizal research. The past decade has been a momentous period which has seen not only an explosiveincrease of interest in mychorrhiza as evidenced by the surge in number of papers published, but also, and most importantly, the welcome development of a greater awareness amongst plant physiologists, ecologists, and microbiologists that the mycorrhizal condition is the norm rather than the exception. Through this same period, sophisticated new technologies (e.g. NMR, RFLP, DNA mediated transformation, immunocytochemistry), which are readily applicable to mycorrhizal research, have become widely available. These changes have given rise to an urgent need for a comprehensive and up-to-date source book of techniques which can be routinely used in laboratories involved in mychorrhizal research to facilitate and increase the effectiveness of their research. This comb-bound work is designed to meet this need. The volumes are divided so that the first part emphasizes a description of techniques applicable to ectomycorrhizal and ericoid systems, while the second stresses vesicular-arbuscular systems. Each contains a mix of papers, written by the leading authorities in their fields, which emphasize techniques, but which also include up-to-date reviews of particular topics such as carbon, metabolism, nitrogen metabolism, and applied aspects. The methods whereby, and the extent to which, mychorrhizal inoculation can be used to facilitate revegetation, as well as increases of agricultural or forest productivity are also described.
Techniques for Mycorrhizal Research,J. R. Norris,D. Read,A. K. Varma,Academic Press,0125214901,Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology,Life Sciences - Botany,Life Sciences - Ecology,Science,Science/Mathematics
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