Fungal Secondary Metabolites: Synthesis and Applications in Agroecosystem

Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam · Heba I. Mohamed

Sep 2023 · Elsevier

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Fungal Secondary Metabolites: Synthesis and Applications in Agroecosystem presents the properties and biotechnological applications of microbial metabolites and their industrial, pharmaceutical, antimicrobial, and anticancer applications. Chapters cover topics such as the role of fungal metabolites in the management of abiotic stress, microbial alkaloids and their pharmaceutical and agricultural applications, and fungal metabolites as novel plant pathogen antagonists. Plant and agri-food environmental scientists, researchers, graduate, and post-graduate students in related fields will find value in this reference which is published as part of the series Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection. - Addresses the link between fungal secondary metabolites and health - Covers cryptic genes and their link to the production of bioactive compounds - Explores possibilities for producing bio-based business solutions

About the author

Dr. Kamel A Abd-Elsalam is Research Professor at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. Dr Kamel’s research interests include developing, improving and deploying plant biosecurity diagnostic tools, understanding and exploiting fungal pathogen genomes and developingeco-friendly hybrid nanomaterials. Since 2019, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevierbook series Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection.

Heba I. Mohamed is Professor of Plant Physiology in the Department of Biological and GeologicalSciences Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Her research interests include biotic and abiotic stresses, plant biochemistry, use of eco-friendly compounds to alleviate plant stress, plant secondary metabolites, and genetic differences between different genotypes.

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