Biotechnology Applications in Forestry

Forest Microbiology Volume 4

Fred O Asiegbu, Andriy Kovalchuk (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

482 Seiten

2025
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
9780443219030 (ISBN)

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Biotechnology Applications in Forestry: Forest Microbiology, Volume Four in the Forest Microbiology series, is a comprehensive exploration of harnessing the unique attributes of the microbes in the forest biome and their tree hosts. The book introduces the basics of genomics, applied bioinformatics and next generation sequencing, providing a firm foundation before moving to specific approach, application and use chapters. Further sections explore opportunities through the use of genetics to expand or improve on many of these positive attributes of forest trees and associated organisms, including adaptation to climate change as well as resilience to biotic and abiotic stressors.

Novel techniques and current advances in the application of modern biotechniques in tree health protection, mushroom technology, biological control, biochar, bioenergy, Isolate & strain selection, metabolic engineering and commercial application relevant for forest ecosystem are also addressed.

Dr Asiegbu has been the professor of forest pathology at the University of Helsinki since 2007. He has a master’s degree in applied microbiology and plant pathology, and a PhD in biotechnology. His major research focus has been the application of biotechnology knowledge and tools for the determination of ecological, molecular and biochemical pathways required by emerging fungal and forest pathogens to spread, infect and cause disease to trees worldwide. He has been a member of the faculty interdisciplinary Master's Programme in Biotechnology and is also an invited professor at Nanjing Forestry University in China. Dr Kovalchuk is a researcher at the University of Helsinki. He has a PhD in molecular biology and has over 30 peer-reviewed journal publications on forest microbiomes.

Biotechnology: history, processes, and prospects in forestry
Introduction to genomics
Next-generation sequencing: principles and technical considerations
Introductory applied bioinformatics
How to conduct phylogenetic analysis with molecular data
Entomopathogenic fungi: harnessing nature’s biocontrol agents for sustainable forest pest management
Microbial control in forestry
Use of interfering RNA strategies and phages for the control of forest pathogens, pests and diseases
Low-risk pesticides in the EU: economic and regulatory considerations for agriculture and forestry
Nitrogen-fixing organisms
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Biochar in forestry
Innovative approaches in phytoremediation research
Filamentous fungi in biotechnology
Medicinal plants and trees: methods of extraction and isolation of bioactive compounds with emphasis on some selected African medicinal plants
Medicinal properties of wild and cultivated mushrooms from the tropics: Malaysia as a case study
Novel wood-based biomaterials
Biopulping, biobleaching, and deinking
Tree population genomics
Genetically modified trees (concept, principles, and applications)
Somatic embryogenesis: concept, principles, and applications
Regulatory considerations for the release of genetically modified trees
Climatic and stress memory in trees - and how to study it
Remote sensing approaches for assessing and monitoring forest health
Artificial intelligence in forest management and tree health protection

Erscheinungsdatum	04.02.2025
Reihe/Serie	Forest Microbiology
Verlagsort	San Diego
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 276 mm
Gewicht	1320 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
	Wirtschaft
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-13	9780443219030 / 9780443219030
Zustand	Neuware