Beulah M. Lall

Atmospheric Fungal Diversity of Chhattisgarh: Fungal Flora of Chhattisgarh (India) Beulah M. Lall

Fungi are one of the major components of total biodiversity of the world. It plays an important role not only in areas related to human beings but also in various other fields. A vast and detail study of fungi is being neglected, even in the present age of fast development in various fields of science and technology. There are a total of approximaly 573 registered microbial culture collection centers in 68 countries of the world, even then only 07% of fungi have been discover and 93% are still waiting to be discover. In Chhattisgarh state (India), no systemic description of fungal flora has been available. In this book authors try to present atmospheric fungal diversity of Chhattisgarh. It is based on last 15-20 years of study in different indoor and outdoor atmosphere of Chhattisgarh. This book may be great help to former and tribal people who involved in the field of forestry and agriculture of the region. This study is also helpful for various scientists who are working in the field of industrial microbiology, bioprocess engineering, pathology (plants, animal and human) mining, pharmacy, environmental biology, chemical industries and other fields related to human