The fusarium laboratory manual /
For the first time in over 20 years, a comprehensive collection of photographs and descriptions of species in the fungal genus Fusarium is available. This laboratory manual provides an overview of the biology of Fusarium and the techniques involved in the isolation, identification and characterizati...
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Ames, Iowa :
Blackwell Pub.,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- TOC36;Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- CH36;146; Introduction
- Techniques and Methods
- CH36;246; Media 8211; Recipes and Preparation
- 246;1 Media for Growing and Identifying Fusarium
- 246;2 Supplementary Identification Media
- 246;3 Media for Isolating Fusarium
- 246;4 Media for the Preparation of Natural Inocula
- 246;5 Synthetic and Semi45;synthetic Media
- 246;6 Media for Sexual Crosses
- 246;7 Sterilization of Media and Materials
- CH36;346; Techniques for Recovering Fusarium
- 346;1 Collecting Strategy
- 346;2 Isolation Techniques 8211; Plants
- 346;3 Isolation Techniques 8211; Soil
- 346;4 Isolation Techniques 8211; Spore Trapping and Air Sampling
- 346;5 Seed Disinfestation
- CH36;446; Techniques for Growing and Maintaining Fusarium
- 446;1 Vegetative Propagation
- 446;2 Preparing Cultures for Identification
- 446;3 Single45;spore Subcultures
- 446;4 Mutagenesis
- 446;5 Culture Preservation
- CH36;546; Vegetative Compatibility Groups 40;VCGs41;
- 546;1 History of and Genetic Basis Underlying Vegetative Compatibility
- 546;2 Overall Strategy for Determining if Strains are Vegetatively Compatible
- 546;3 Recovering and Identifying nit Mutants
- 546;4 Typical Pairing Protocols
- 546;5 Common Trouble Spots 8211; HSI44; crn44; and NitMs
- 546;6 Characterizing a Population with VCGs
- CH36;646; Fertility Concepts
- 646;1 Heterothallic44; Homothallic and Pseudohomothallic
- 646;2 Mating Type
- 646;3 Population Effects of Mating Type
- 646;4 Male44; Female and Hermaphrodite
- 646;5 Crossing Protocols
- 646;6 Developing Female45;Fertile Tester Strains
- 646;7 Species Identification Through Sexual Crosses
- CH36;746; Nucleic Acid Analyses
- 746;1 DNA Extraction and Purification
- 746;2 PCR 8211; Mating45;Type Alleles
- 746;3 Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms 40;AFLPs41;
- 746;4 Sequence Analysis and Sequenced Loci
- 746;5 Genetic Maps
- Taxonomy and Identification of Fusarium
- CH36;846; A Brief History of Fusarium Taxonomy
- CH36;946; Species Concepts in Fusarium
- 946;1 Generic Problems in Speciation in Fusarium
- 946;2 Morphological Species Concepts
- 946;3 Biological Species Concepts
- 946;4 Phylogenetic Species Concepts
- 946;5 How Many Strains Make a Species63;
- 946;6 Species Names
- 946;7 Subspecific Terminology
- 946;8 A Species Concept for Fusarium
- CH36;1046; Teleomorphs of Fusarium
- 1046;1 Taxonomy of Teleomorphs
- 1046;2 General Teleomorph Characters
- 1046;3 Sexual Development and Differentiation
- 1046;4 Spore Killer
- 1046;5 Anamorph45;Teleomorph Connections
- CH36;1146; Practical Approaches to Identification
- 1146;1 Overall Identification Strategy
- 1146;2 The Diseased Plant and Its Geographic Origin
- 1146;3 Native and Agricultural Populations
- 1146;4 Culture Preparation
- 1146;5 The Essence of Morphological Identifications
- 1146;6 Beyond Morphology 8211; Sexual Cross45; Fertility
- 1146;7 Beyond Morphology 8211; Molecular Diagnostics
- 1146;8 The Special Case of Fusarium oxysporum
- 1146;9 Differences Between Temperate and Tropical Regions
- 1146;10 Conclusions
- Species Descriptions
- 1246; Morpho.