In Vitro Culture of Mycorrhizas

Preface Part I State of the Art 1 In vitro culture of mycorrhizas; J.A. Fortin, S. Declerck & D.G. Strullu Part II Systematics 2 The Monoxenic culture of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as a tool for germplasm collection; S. Declerck, S. Séguin & Y. Dalpé 3 The Monoxenic culture of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as a tool for systematics and biodiversity; Y. Dalpé, S. Cranenbrouck , S. Séguin & S. Declerck 4 Life cycle of Glomus species in monoxenic culture; Y. Dalpé, F.A. de Souza & S. Declerck 5 Life history strategies in Gigasporaceae : insight from monoxenic culture; F.A. de Souza, Y. Dalpé, S. Declerck, I. de la Providencia & N. Sejalon Delmas Part III In Vitro Development and Physiology of Glomeromycetes 6 Environmental factors that affect presymbiotic hyphal growth and branching of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; G. Nagahashi & D. Douds Jr 7 Breaking myths on arbuscular mycorrhizas in vitro biology; B. Bago & C. Cano 8 Host and non-host impact on the physiology of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis; H. Vierheilig & B. Bago 9 Carbon metabolism, lipid composition and metabolism in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; A. Grandmougin-Ferjani, J. Fontaine & R. Durand 10 Monoxenic culture as a tool to study the effects of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis on the physiology of micropropagated plantlets in vitro and ex vitro; Y. Desjardin C. Hernández-Sebastià & Y. Piché 11 Uptake, assimilation and translocation of mineral elements in monoxenic cultivation systems; G. Rufyikiri, N. Kruyts, S Declerck, Y. Thiry, B. Delvaux, H. Dupré de Boulois & E.J. Joner 12 Interaction of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with soil borne pathogens and non-pathogenic rhizosphere micro-organisms; M. St Arnaud & A. Elsen Part IV Root Organ Culture of EctomycorrhizalFungi 13 Cistus incanus root-organ cultures: a valuable tool for studying mycorrhizal associations; A.P. Coughlan & Y. Piché 14 Cultivation of edible ectomycorrhizal fungi by in vitro mycorrhizal synthesis; G. Giomaro, D. Sisti & A. Zambonelli Part V Root Organ Culture of Other Fungal Symbiosis 15 Geosiphon pyriformis – a glomeromycotan soil fungus forming endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria; A. Schüßler & E. Wolf 16 Sebacinaceae: culturable mycorrhiza-like endosymbiotic fungi and their interaction with non-transformed and transformed roots; R. Prasad, G.H. Pham, R. Kumari, A. Singh, V. Yadav, M. Sachdev, A.P. Garg, T. Peskan, S. Hehl, I. Sherameti, R. Oemuller & A. Varma Part VI Biotechnology 17 Large scale inoculum production of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on root organs and inoculation strategies; A. Adholeya, P. Tiwari & R. Singh Part VII Methodology 18 Methodologies for in vitro cultivation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with root organs; S. Cranenbrouck, L. Voets, C. Bivort, L. Renard, D.G. Strullu & S. Declerck