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" Microorganisms in plant conservation and biodiversity / "
edited by K. Sivasithamparam, K.W. Dixon and R.L. Barrett
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663313
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Microorganisms in plant conservation and biodiversity /\ edited by K. Sivasithamparam, K.W. Dixon and R.L. Barrett
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xiii, 378 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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1402007809
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: 9781402007804
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Includes bibliographical references
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Plant conservation and biodiversity : the place of microorganisms / DR Given [and others] -- Conservation of mycorrhizal fungal communities under elevated atmospheric CO₂ and anthropogenic nitrogen deposition / LM Egerton-Warburton, EB Allen and MF Allen -- Symbiotic nitrogen fixation between microorganisms and higher plants of natural ecosystems / JS Pate -- Bacterial associations with plants : beneficial, non N-fixing interactions / B Gerhardson and S Wright -- Ectomycorrhizas in plant communities / MC Brundrett and JWG Cairney -- Arbuscular mycorrhizas in plant communities / MC Brundrett and LK Abbott -- Orchid conservation and mycorrhizal associations / AL Batty [and others] -- Ericoid mycorrhizas in plant communities / KW Dixon, K Sivasithamparam and DJ Read -- The diversity of plant pathogens and conservation : bacteria and fungi sensu lato / DS Ingram -- Ex situ conservation of microbial diversity / W Gams -- Impact of fungal pathogens in natural forest ecosystems : a focus on Eucalypts / T Burgess and MJ Wingfield -- Microbial contaminants in plant tissue culture propagation / E Bunn and B Tan -- Phytosanitary considerations in species recovery programs / GEStJ Hardy and K Sivasithamparam
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"Plant conservation is increasingly recognised as an outstanding global priority, yet despite considerable efforts over the last few decades, the number of threatened species continues to rise. The practice of plant conservation has for too long been a rather hit-or-miss mixture of methods. While microorganisms have been recognised as a crucial and essential element in supporting the lifecycles of plant species, there has been limited recognition of the relationships between macro level conservation facilitating ecosystem functioning at the micro level." "This book addresses the role of microorganisms in conservation - both their support functions and deleterious roles in ecosystem processes and species survival. Importantly, a number of authors highlight how microbial diversity is, itself, now under threat from the many and pervasive influences of man. What is clear from this volume is that like many contemporary treatments of plant and animal conservation, the solution to mitigate the erosion of biodiversity is not simple. This book represents an attempt to bring to the fore the ecological underwriting provided by microorganisms."--Jacket
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Plant conservation
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Plant diversity conservation
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Mycorrhizas
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333.95/316
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QK86.A1M53 2002
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Sivasithamparam, K
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Dixon, K. W., (Kingsley W.)
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Barrett, R. L
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