Key topics include:

• supercritical fluid extraction in food engineering
• fats and oils from plant materials
• sugars and carbohydrates
• alkaloids from natural plants using supercritical fluids
• cholesterol removal from food products

Contents

Agricultural Biotechnology

• A Biotechnological Approach to Plant Protection with Fungi
• Chemical Identification of Fungi – Metabolite Profiling and Metabolomics
• Isozyme Analysis in Fungal Taxonomy, Genetics, and Population Biology
• Molecular Methods for Identification of Plant Pathogenic Fungi
• The Application of Molecular Markers in the Epidemiology of Plant Pathogenic Fungi
• Molecular Biology in the Control of Mycotoxigenic Fungi
• Biotechnological Potential of Entomopathogenic Fungi
• Biotechnological Potential of Ergot Alkaloids
• Fungi as Plant Growth Promoter and Disease Suppressor
• Challenges and Strategies for Development of Mycoherbicides
• Biofungicides from Microbial Metabolites
• Molecular Biology of Biocontrol Trichoderma
• The Biological Control Agent Trichoderma: Fundamentals to Applications
• Biotechnological Strategies to Control Fungal Diseases of Vegetables
• Control of Postharvest Fruits Using Microbes
• Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Plant Disease Control
• Commercialization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Biofertilizer
• Control of Nematodes by Fungi

Food and Feeds

• Fungi in Food Technology: An Overview
• Role of Fungi in Fermented Foods
• Production of Edible Fungi
• Mycoprotein and Related High Value Products from Yeasts and Fungi
• Diversity and Genetic Variability of Yeasts Involved in Wine Fermentation
• Yeast in the Dairy Industy
• Flavours and Aroma
• Antifungal Food Additives
• Molecular Detection of Fungi in Foods and Feeds
• The Role of Spoilage Fungi in Seed Deterioration
• Mycotoxin Chapter
• Genetics and Biochemistry of Toxin Synthesis

Environmental Biotechnology

• Cellulose Degradation by Fungi
• The Importance of Wood Decay Fungi in Forest Ecosystems
• The Biodegradation of Lignocellulose by White Rot Fungi
• Biomineralization of Heavy Metals
• Decolouration of Industrial Waste and Degradation of Dye Water
• Bioconversion of Distillery Waste By Fungi
• Degradation of Hydrocarbons by Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi
• Biodegradation of Azo Dyes by Fungi
• Fungal Degradation of Explosives
• Restoration of Mycorrhizae in Disturbed Arid Ecosystems

Index

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