The importance of fungi and mycology for addressing major global challenges

IMA Fungus

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 463-471

  Lange, Lene ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioeconomy; Funding opportunities; Fungal products; Fungal research; Global solutions; Resource efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948397068     PISSN: 22106340     EISSN: 22106359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.02.10     Document Type: Article

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