1. Ectomycorrhizas in the Ecosystem: Structural Functional and Community Aspects. - 2. Taxonomy of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi: A Starting Point for Their Biotechnology. - 3. Molecular Approach to the Identification of Mycorrhizal Fungi. - 4. Coincidence between Molecularly or Morphologically Classified Ectomycorrhizal Morphotypes and Fruitbodies in a Spruce Forest. - 5. Ectomycorrhiza Morphogenesis: Insights from Studies of Developmentally Regulated Genes and Proteins. - 6. Molecules and Genes Involved in Mycorrhiza Functioning. - 7. Cloning Functional Endomycorrhiza Genes: Potential for Use in Plant Breeding. - 8. The Sexual Cycle in Neurospora: From Fertilization to Ascospore Discharge. - 9. Genetics of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and Their Transformation. - 10. Inactivation of Gene Expression Triggered by Sequence Duplication. - 11. Gene Expression in Roots during Ectomycorrhiza Development. - 12. Truffles: Their Life Cycle and Molecular Characterization. - 13. Molecular Identification of Tuber Species and Isolates by PCR-Based Techniques. - 14. Molecular Characterization of Some Truffle Species. - 15. The Polymorphism of the rDNA Region in Typing Ascocarps and Ectomycorrhizae of Truffle Species. - 16. Biochemical Characterization of Various Species of White Truffle: A Preliminary Study. - 17. Isolation and Analysis of Genomic Sequences from Mycorrhizal Fungi. - 18. Testing a Selected Region of Tuber Mitochondrial Small Subunit rDNA as a Molecular Marker for Evolutionary and Bio-Diversity Studies. - 19. Truffle Development and Interactions with the Biotic Environment: Molecular Aspects. - 20. Methods for Studying Species Composition of Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Ecological Studies and Environmental Monitoring: Species Composition of Mycorrhizal Communities. - 21. Isolation of Bacteria from Sporocarps of Tuber magnatum Pico Tuber borchii Vitt. and Tuber maculatum Vitt. : Identification and Biochemical Characterization. Language: English