21st Century Guidebook to Fungi, SECOND EDITION, by David Moore, Geoffrey D. Robson and Anthony P. J. Trinci

Table of Contents

1. Chapter 13: Ecosystem mycology: saprotrophs, and mutualisms between plants and fungi
2. Chapter 14: Fungi as pathogens of plants
   1. Fungal diseases and loss of world agricultural production
   2. A few examples of headline crop diseases
   3. The Rice Blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea (Ascomycota)
   4. Armillaria (Basidiomycota)
   5. Pathogens that produce haustoria (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota)
   6. Cercospora (Ascomycota)
   7. Ophiostoma (Ceratocystis) novo-ulmi (Dutch Elm disease or DED) (Ascomycota)
   8. Black stem rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) threatens global wheat harvest
   9. Plant disease basics: the disease triangle
   10. Necrotrophic and biotrophic pathogens of plants
   11. The effects of pathogens on their hosts
   12. How pathogens attack plants
   13. Host penetration through stomatal openings
   14. Direct penetration of the host cell wall
   15. Enzymatic penetration of the host
   16. Pre-formed and induced defence mechanisms in plants
   17. Genetic variation in pathogens and their hosts: co-evolution of disease systems
   18. Chapter 14 References and further reading
   19. Buy a PDF of Chapter 14
3. Chapter 15: Fungi as symbionts and predators of animals

Chapter 14.18 References and further reading

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