Papers from the November 1994 symposium treat emerging concepts in the field and compare conventional and innovative approaches, highlighting the latest molecular approaches in the biotechnology of ectomycorrhizae Subjects include ectomycorrhizas in the ecosystem, studies of developmentally regulate

Forty years after the discovery of the helix nature of DNA and more than twenty after the first applications of recombinant DNA technology to the pharmaceutical industry, the Pandora's vase of biotechnology seems far from being empty. New products for agriculture and the food industry are constantly being placed on the market, and powerful monitoring techniques have been developed to track non-modified and genetically modified vaccines, viruses, microbes and plants released into the environment. Molecular approaches for taxonomic purposes, which might also be useful for quality control and...