403 pages, 9 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
ISBNs
9780849398186, 0849398185
OCLC
ocn122424234
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Cross-talk between host and fungus in postharvest situations and its effect on symptom development / Dov Prusky and Pappachan E. Kolattukudy -- 2. Real time monitoring of ethylene during fungal-plant interaction by laser-based photoacoustic spectroscopy / Simona M. Cristescu, Ernst J. Woltering and Frans J. M. Harren -- 3. Spore formation in food-relevant fungi / Unai Ugalde and Luis M. Corrochano -- 4. Dispersal of fungal spores through the air / Alastair McCartney and Jon West -- 5. The germinating spore as a contaminating vehicle / Gilma Silva Chitarra and Jan Dijksterhuis -- 6. Heat-resistant ascospores / Jan Dijksterhuis -- 7. Why do fungi produce mycotoxins? / Naresh Magan and David Aldred -- 8. Mycotoxin producers / Jens C. Frisvad, Ulf Thrane and Robert A. Samson -- 9. Filamentous fungi as cell factories for metabolite production / Wian A. de Jongh and Jens Nielsen -- 10. Hyperproduction of enzymes by fungi / Han A. B. Wosten, Karin Scholtmeijer and Ronald P. de Vries -- 11. Association of moulds to foods / Jens C. Frisvad, Birgitte Andersen and Robert A. Samson -- 12. Transport phenomena in fungal colonisation on a food matrix / Yovita S. P. Rahardjo and Arjen Rinzema -- 13. Molecular detection and monitoring / Rolf Geisen -- 14. Fungal volatiles : Biomarkers of good and bad food quality / Kristian Karlshoj, Per Vaeggemose Nielsen and Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen -- 15. Wine and fungi - implications of vineyard infections / Su-lin L. Leong -- 16. Cheese and fermented sausages / Jacques Stark -- 17. The colonizing fungus as a food provider / Rob M. J. Nout -- 18. Fungal protein for food / Ulf Thrane -- 19. Edible mushrooms : from industrial cultivation to collection from the wild / Jacqueline Baar, Gerben Straatsma, Istvan Paradi and Jos G. M. Amsing