Mycorrhiza Manual

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Mycorrhizae — the Friendly Fungi: What We Know, What Should We Know, and How Do We Know?....Pages 1-24
Approaches to the Study of Interactions Between Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 25-39
Application of Molecular Techniques to Ecological Studies of Symbioses in Actinorhizal Plants....Pages 41-63
Characterizing Effects of Mycorrhizal Fungi on Plant Population Structure....Pages 65-75
Evaluation of Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonisation by Staining....Pages 77-83
Mycorrhizosphere Microorganisms: Screening and Evalution....Pages 85-97
Methods for Cultivating Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms....Pages 99-114
Isolation and Regeneration of Protoplasts from Ectomycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 115-126
Electrophoretic Analytical Technique for the Genetic Identification of Mycorrhizal Fungi of the Genus Tuber and Their Mycelium and Mycorrhiza....Pages 127-149
The Use of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Hydrophobic Membranes to Study Transport of 15 N by Mycorrhizal Hyphae....Pages 151-158
Application of Methods of Quantitative Histochemistry on Mycorrhizal Roots....Pages 159-172
Measuring Production and Activity of Plant Cell Wall-Degrading Enzymes in Ectomycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 173-185
Biochemical Analysis of Polygalacturonases Produced by Ericoid Mycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 187-215
Methods for Determining Extracellular and Surface-Bound Phosphatase Activities in Ectomycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 217-225
Determination of Glutathione, Glutathione Disulphide and Two Related Enzymes, Glutathione Reductase and Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, in Fungal and Plant Cells....Pages 227-241
Identification and Characterization of Siderophores of Mycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 243-254
Polyclonal Antibodies for the Detection of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 255-270
Monoclonal Antibodies for the Identification of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 271-287
Targeted Approaches for Detecting Changes in Protein Expression with Mycorrhiza Development: Hydrolytic Isoenzyme Analyses and Immunological Detection of Known Proteins in Root Extracts....Pages 289-309
Untargeted Approaches to the Analysis of Gene Epression in Arbuscular Mycorrhiza: Analyses of Polypeptides (in Vivo and in Vitro) and of Translated mRNA Products....Pages 311-326
The Molecular Route to Understanding VAM Symbiosis....Pages 327-352
Molecular Approaches to Investigate Biodiversity in Mycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 353-372
DNA Isolation and Development of Molecular Tools for Identification and Detection of VA Mycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 373-385
PCR in Studies of AM Fungi: from Primers to Application....Pages 387-400
PCR Cloning of Genes from Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 401-412
RAPD and ITS Analysis of Orchid Mycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 413-424
Isolation and Partial Characterisation of Double-Stranded RNA-Containing Viruses of Orchid Mycorrhizal Fungi....Pages 425-436
Identification and Characterization of Genes by Mutant Complementation....Pages 437-448
Spatial Regulation of Genes in Ectomycorrhiza: mRNA in Situ Localization and β-Glucuronidase Detection....Pages 449-462
Genomic Fingerprinting of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi by Microsatellite-Primed PCR....Pages 463-474
Large-Scale Sequencing of Anonymous Ectomycorrhiza cDNA Clones....Pages 475-493
Production of Biomass of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Glass Bead Compartment System....Pages 495-498
DNA Amplification Fingerprinting of Mycorrhizal Fungi and Associated Plant Materials Using Arbitrary Primers....Pages 499-513
Quantification of AMF-Induced Modifications to Root System Architecture and Longevity....Pages 515-531
Back Matter....Pages 533-542