The subject of this volume is Phytophthora, the organism responsible for many plant diseases, most notably potato blight. This wide-ranging book presents the results of a symposium, and incorporates chapters on the history of potato blight, host-pathogen reactions, systematics and intraspecific variation, molecular and genetic studies, and the development of effective control methods.

This 1987 book was the first to cover the growing consensus of knowledge and ideas concerning evolutionary biology of the fungi in the widest sense.

This 1984 book stems from a British Mycological Society symposium held to bring together the many diverse areas of study of the genus Fusarium.

This 1981 book provide a detailed picture of the knowledge of the cell nucleus in yeasts, filamentous fungi and slime moulds at the time.

This 1979 symposium volume charts a number of significant advances in our knowledge of the cytology, physiology and biochemistry of the growth of mould hyphae.

Fungi play important roles in the cycling of elements in the biosphere but are frequently neglected within microbiological and geochemical research spheres. Symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi are responsible for major transformations and redistribution of inorganic nutrients, while free-living fungi have major roles in the decomposition of organic materials, including xenobiotics. Fungi are also major biodeterioration agents of stone, wood, plaster, cement and other building materials, and are important components of rock-inhabiting microbial communities. The aim of this book is to promote further...