Targetdate for completion of book is May 1, 2002

Chapter   Historical perspective, cultural impacts, importance

Section 1. Evolutionary Biology

Chapter . Overview of the insect and fungal parasites
Chapter . Taxonomy and diversity in Cordyceps
Chapter . Tropical insect pathogens
Chapter .  Anamorphs
Chapter .  Host shifts in Clavicipitaceae
Chapter .  Anamorphs of microinvertibrates and nematodes
Chapter . Overview of Clavicipitoideae
Chapter . Taxonomy and diversity in Clavicipiteae
Chapter . Taxonomy and diversity in Epichloë
Chapter . Biogeography of graminicolous Clavicipitaceae
Chapter . Symbiotic interactions among grass endophytes

Section 2. Genetics and Biochemistry of the Clavicipitaceae

Chapter . Chemistry of Clavicipitaceae  & biotech manipulations
Chapter . Chemistry of alkaloids in Claviceps & taxonomic considerations
Chapter . Genetics of Claviceps
Chapter:  Genetics and factors in the evolution of clavicipitalean endophytes of grasses
                Detoxification of the clavicipitalean endophytes
Chapter . Chemistry of secondary metabolites in Cordycipiteae
Chapter . Genetics of Metarhizium
Chapter .  Non-ribosomal peptide synthase in Clavicipitaceae

Section 3. Medicinal and Agricultural Impacts and Applications of the  Clavicipitaceae

Chapter . Ergotism in animals and humans
Chapter . Medicial applications of clavicipitalean secondary compounds
Chapter . Use of the Cordycipitoideae in Biocontrol of insects
Chapter . Grass endophytes and their impacts worldwide on animal husbandry
Chapter . Applications of endophytes in turf grasses
Chapter . Applications of endophytes in forage plants
Chapter . Ecological impacts of clavicipitalean endophytes

If you have proposals for additional chapters please contact Dr. Jim White (jwhite@aesop.rutgers.edu)