Part I. Plant Growth Promotion and Sustainability
Chapter 1. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: role as biofertilizers, technology development and economics
Chapter 2. Role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in human welfare
Chapter 3. Fungal ministrations in soil detoxification, building and health restoration
Chapter 4. Emerging mucormycosis: problems and treatments
Chapter 5. Microplastic pollution: sources, environmental hazards and mycoremediation as a sustainable solution
Part II. Fungal metabolic Products
Chapter 6. A birds eye view of fungal peptides
Chapter 7. Cultivation, bioactive metabolites and application of caterpillar mushroom Cordyceps militaris: Current status, issues and perspectives
Chapter 8. Lactic acid production from fungal machineries and mechanism of PLA synthesis: Application of AI based technology for improved productivity
Chapter 9. Discovery of bioactive metabolites from the genus Arthrinium
Chapter Chapter 10. Wide range applications of fungal pigments in textile dyeing
Part III. Fungi in Food Biotechnology
Chapter Chapter 11. The potential of mushrooms in developing healthy food and biotech products
Chapter 12. Fungal enzyme-based nutraceutical oligosaccharides
Chapter 13. Applications of fungi for alternative protein
Part IV. Fungal Enzymes and Other Biotech Products
Chapter 14. Fungal enzymes in the production of biofuels
Chapter 15. Fungal pectinases: Diversity and multifarious applications
Chapter 16. Applicability of fungal xylanases in food biotechnology
Chapter 17. Fungal therapeutic enzymes: Utility in the treatment of human ailments
Chapter 18. Heterologous gene expression in Pichia pastoris: Success stories and commercial ventures
Chapter 19. Agro-industrial residues: an ecofriendly and inexpensive substrate for fungi in the development of white biotechnology
Chapter 20. Design strategies for mycelium-based composites
Chapter 21. Development of building insulation material from fr fungal mycelium.