The fusarium laboratory manual / John F. Leslie and Brett A. Summerell ; photographs by Suzanne Bullock.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-368) and index.

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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.

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 characterization of individual species and the populations in which they occur. It is the first time that genetic, morphological and molecular approaches have been incorporated into a volume devoted to Fusarium identification. The authors include descriptions of species, both new and old, and provide protocols for genetic, morphological and molecular identification techniques."The Fusarium Laboratory Manual" also includes some of the evolutionary biology and population genetics thinking that has begun to inform the understanding of agriculturally important fungal pathogens. In addition to practical 'how-to' protocols it also provides guidance in formulating questions and obtaining answers about this very important group of fungi. The need for as many different techniques as possible to be used in the identification and characterization process has never been greater. These approaches have applications to fungi other than those in the genus Fusarium. This volume presents an introduction to the genus Fusarium, the toxins these fungi produce and the diseases they can cause.

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