| 2004, Part 1 |
| Bioactive Components in Agaricus bisporus of Nutritional, Medicinal or Biological Importance | R.B. Beelman, D.J. Royse and N. Chikthimmah | 1 |
| Organic Matter Transformations in Compost During Mushroom Cropping and Postcrop Weathering | B. Chefetz and P.G. Hatcher | 17 |
| Anti-cancer Activities of White Button Mushrooms | S. Chen | 25 |
| Trait Diversity in Wild Agaricus bisporus | R.W. Kerrigan | 31 |
| Safety and Efficacy Substantiation of Fungal Products for the Nutraceutical Industry | A.G. Schauss | 39 |
| Inheritance of the Haploid Fruiting Ability in Agaricus bisporus | C. Couture, A. Michel, M. Imbernon and P. Callac | 45 |
| Expression Profiles of Key Genes in Agaricus bisporus Postharvest Development of Fruiting Bodies | D.C. Eastwood, M.J. Sergeant, A. Mead and K.S. Burton | 53 |
| Tools for Agaricus and Coprinus Transformation and Analysis of Gene Expression | G.D. Foster, C. Burns, A. Bailey, M. Challen, T. Elliott and K.S. Burton | 59 |
| Superoxide Dismutase-Mushrooms Under Stress! | J. Henderson, D.C. Eastwood, N. Bains and K.S. Burton | 67 |
| Diverse Retrotransposons in Agaricus bisporus | R.W. Kerrigan, A.J. Velcko Jr., J.L. Thomas, J.S. McGrady, C.M. Chisholm and M.P. Wach | 75 |
| Cloning and Sequence Analysis of the Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Gene in Flammulina velutipes | C.Y. Kuo, S.Y. Chuo, C.H. Ling, C.S. Chen, R.S. Hseu and C.T. Huang | 85 |
| Progress in Agaricus bisporus Transformation: Agrobacterium Methodologies and Development of Novel Marker Genes | K. Leach, V. Odon, C. Zhang, H.K. Kim, J. Henderson, P. Warner, M. Challen and T. Elliott | 93 |
| Molecular Analysis of Breeding Behavior in Agaricus Species | Y. Li, M. Challen, T. Elliott and L. Casselton | 103 |
| Effect of CaCO3 on Morchella Growth and Sclerotia Formation | S. Masaphy | 111 |
| Fruiting Body Gene Transfer Method for Agaricus bisporus Potentiates Crop Improvement and 'Pharmining' | C.P. Romaine, X. Chen and C. Schlagnhaufer | 117 |
| Genes Associated with Mushroom Morphogenesis | S. Sreenivasaprasad, N. Browning, S. Molloy, C. Fleming-Archibald, M. Vitel and K.S. Burton | 125 |
| Thermotolerance-related Genes in Agaricus bisporus | Z. Wang, L. Chen, M. Chen, J. Liao, J. Dong and S. Song | 133 |
| Prototype of a Sporeless Oyster Mushroom | J.J.P. Baars, P.M. Hendrickx and A.S.M. Sonnenberg | 139 |
| Genetic Variability of Flammulina velutipes and Pleurotus ostreatus Collections from Armenia | S.M. Badalyan and K.W. Hughes | 149 |
| The Species of Edible Mushrooms in China | M.M. Chen | 155 |
| Molecular Phylogeny of Agaricus Species | J. Geml, D.M. Geiser and D.J. Royse | 165 |
| Development of a New Strain by Backcross Mating and Molecular Marker-assisted Selection in Flammulina velutipes | W.S. Kong, Y.H. Cho, C.S. Jhune, Y.B. Yoo and K.H. Kim | 175 |
| Spawn Viability and Mushroom Production in Pleurotus Strains Frozen for Eight Years in Liquid Nitrogen | G. Mata, D. Salmones and R. Gaitán-Hernández | 185 |
| Investigation of Mushroom Substrate Odors by Chemical and Olfactory Methods | G. Duns and D.L. Rinker | 193 |
| Effect of Ammonia Suppressants Used in Poultry Litter on Composting and Mushroom Production | R. Gonzalez-Matute and D.L. Rinker | 203 |
| Nitrogen Sources and C/N Ratio on Yield of Agaricus blazei | J. Kopytowski Filho and M.T. Minhoni | 213 |
| Protocols for Maintenance of Near Infrared Calibrations for Quality Assessment of Mushroom Compost | H.S.S. Sharma | 221 |
| Changes in the Quality of Mushroom Compost During the Last Decade | H.S.S. Sharma, M. Kilpatrick, G. Lyons, J. Murray, S. Moore, L. Cheung, K. Finegan, S. Sturgeon and R. Mellon | 229 |
| Processing and Composition of Mushroom Compost | G. Straatsma | 241 |
| Production of Organic Compost for Agaricus bisporus | P.C.C. Van Loon, J. Baar and G. Straatsma | 247 |
| Degradation of Pesticides During Mushroom Composting and Production | J.H. Yang and D.L. Rinker | 253 |
| Cultivation of Mushrooms on Polyurethane Foam Prepared from Liquefied Sugi Bark | T. Ashitani, U. Tateishi, K. Sakai and S. Ohga | 261 |
| Digitaria decumbens Grass Substrate Prepared by Alkaline Immersion for Culture of Pleurotus spp. | F. Coutiño, L. Jiménez, J.E. Sánchez and D.J. Royse | 267 |
| Growing Lepista nuda: A Summary of Three Years of Research and Experience | B. Desrumaux, P. Sedeyn, M. Demeulemeester and A. Calus | 273 |
| Reducing the Pin Number in an Agaricus Culture with Sodium Chloride | B. Desrumaux, P. Sedeyn, M. Demeulemeester and A. Calus | 281 |
| Organic Mushroom Production Through Improved Substrate Fermentation Process and Cultural Practices | B.L. Dhar, O.P. Ahlawat, A. Nath and J.K. Dubey | 289 |
| Calculating Airflow in Multi-tiered Growing Systems | J. Grant | 297 |
| Simplified Cultivation of Pleurotus spp. on Coffee Pulp | C. Jaramillo López and N. Rodríguez Valencia | 303 |
| Cultivation of Shiitake on Coffee Waste | C. Jaramillo López, N. Rodríguez Valencia and S.T. Chang | 307 |
| Growing Auricularia auricular in Bags on the Ground | Y.C. Liu and D.L. Wang | 313 |
| Progress of Xiang-Gu (Shiitake) Cultivation in China | X.C. Luo | 317 |
| Reducing Variability in Mushroom Cropping Experiments | A. Mead and R. Noble | 323 |
| Use of Fine Particle Tailings in Mushroom Casing | R. Noble and A. Dobrovin-Pennington | 335 |
| Utilization of Pulsed Power to Stimulate Fructification of Edible Mushrooms | S. Ohga, N.S. Cho, Y. Li and D.J. Royse | 343 |
| Influence of the Addition of Soybean Supplements to the Compost on the Yield of Agaricus bisporus | B.F. Petrenko and N.A. Bisko | 353 |
| Manganese Sulfate Additions Increase Mushroom (Pleurotus cornucopiae) Yield in Delayed Release Nutrientsupplemented Cottonseed Hull/Wheat Straw Substrate | D.J. Royse, R.B. Beelman and D.A. Weil | 359 |
| Effect of Adding a Micronutrient-rich Supplement to Compost on Yield and Quality of Agaricus bisporus | D.A. Weil, R.B. Beelman and D.M. Beyer | 365 |
| Agaricus bisporus: Temperature Management for Cultures and Spawn Run | P.J. Wuest, T.R. Hetrick and V. Wilkinson | 373 |
| Biology, Cultivation and Utilization of Pleurotus Species | F. Zadrazil, G. Compare and R. Maziero | 383 |
| Rehydration Characteristics of Dried Pleurotus florida | T. Arumuganathan, R.D. Rai, C. Indurani, B.L. Dhar and A.K. Hemakar | 393 |
| Cultural Factors Affecting Mushroom Quality¿Cause and Control of Bruising | K.S. Burton | 397 |
| Mushroom Flavor Biogenesis in Agaricus bisporus | E. Combet, K.S. Burton, D.C. Eastwood, G. Griffiths and J. Henderson | 403 |
| MVX Disease and Double-stranded RNA Elements in Agaricus bisporus | B. Adie, I. Choi, A. Soares, S. Holcroft, D.C. Eastwood, A. Mead, H.M. Grogan, R.W. Kerrigan, M. Challen and P.R. Mills | 411 |
| Evaluation of Fungicide Tolerance and Control for Three Fungal Diseases of Mushrooms | D. M. Beyer and J.J. Kremser | 421 |
| Natural and Organo-synthetic Products to Control Lentinula edodes Competitors on Eucalyptus saligna Logs | F.S. Bueno, A. Ferreira da Eira, M. Furlan and P.F. Neto | 431 |
| Causal Agents of Bacterial Blotch on Cultivated Agaricus bisporus in Canada | A.J. Castle, D. Sivanesan, C. Dobbin and D.L. Rinker | 441 |
| Green Mold Harbored by Wood: Post-crop Steaming and Preservatives | N.J. Catlin, P.J. Wuest and D.M. Beyer | 449 |
| Flies and Dry Bubble on Cultivated Mushrooms | A. Clift, A. Shamshad and M.A. Terras | 459 |
| Etiological Aspects and Treatment of Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum in Agaricus bisporus | B. Desrumaux, P. Sedeyn, J. Van Vaerenbergh, M. Demeulemeester and A. Calus | 465 |
| Effect of Timing and Rate of Application on the Selectivity of Famoxadone and Trifloxystrobin for Verticillium fungicola on Agaricus bisporus | P. Diamantopoulou, A. Philippoussis, M.A. Kastanias and M. Chrysayi-Tokousbalides | 475 |
| Investigation of the Interaction Between Verticillium fungicola and Agaricus bisporus | G.D. Foster, R. Amey, A. Bailey and P.R. Mills | 479 |
| Transmission of Mushroom Virus X Disease in Crops | H. M. Grogan, N. Tomprefa, J. Mulcahy, S. Holcroft and R.H. Gaze | 489 |
| Influence of Cultural Parameters on the Growth and Sporulation of Cladobotryum dendroides: The Pathogen of Cobweb on Mushrooms | S. Jandaik, D.S. Guleria and Y.S. Parmar | 499 |
| Effect of Cladobotryum dendroides on the Yield of Agaricus bisporus: Inoculum Factors and Timing of Infection | S. Jandaik, D.S. Guleria and Y.S. Parmar | 503 |
| Molecular Genetic Analysis of Double-stranded RNA Viruses in Agaricus bisporus | M. Kuang, M.M. Goodin, C. Schlagnhaufer, B. Schlagnhaufer and C.P. Romaine | 507 |
| Agaricus Susceptibility to Verticillium fungicola | M.L. Largeteau, A. Rodier, T. Rousseau, S. Juarez del Carmen, R. Védie and J.M. Savoie | 515 |
| Behavior of Prochloraz in Mushroom Casing | G. Papadopoulos, H.M. Grogan, A. Walker and M. Wood | 525 |
| Oxidative Processes in Agaricus bisporus Dry Bubbles | J.M. Savoie, S. Juarez del Carmen, C. Billette and M.L. Largeteau | 527 |
| Bacterial Rot of Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) | O.V. Shulga, B. Kirchhoff, N.A. Goncharenko and A.P. Gryganski | 537 |
| Browning of Mushrooms and the Presence of Viral Double-stranded RNA in Dutch Mushrooms | A.S.M. Sonnenberg and B. Lavrijssen | 541 |
| Response of Trichoderma and Pleurotus to Extracts of Cypress Leaves | J.K. Yang, B.K. Lim, G. Alm and D.L. Rinker | 547 |
| Chemical Composition and Enzymatic Activity of Spent Paddy Straw and Oyster Mushroom Substrates | O.P. Ahlawat, K. Ahlawat, C. Indurani, B. Vijay and B.L. Dhar | 553 |
| Reuse of Substrate in Specialty Mushroom Production | G. Babcock | 559 |
| Evaluation of 10-Oxo-Trans-8-Decenoic Acid in Combination with Conventional Acidulants to Reduce Escherichia coli O157:H7 Populations in Apple Cider | J.E. Comes, N. Chikthimmah, D. Beckert and R.B. Beelman | 565 |
| Bioremediation by Laccases from Lentinula edodes | M. Nagai, T. Sato and H. Enei | 573 |
| Use of Spent Mushroom Compost as a Substrate for Plant Growth and Against Plant Infections Caused by Phytophthora spp. | A. Philippoussis, G.I. Zervakis, P. Diamantopoulou, K. Papadopoulou and C. Ehaliotis | 579 |
| Spent Mushroom Compost as an Alternative for Casing Soil | H. Riahi and A. Arab | 585 |
| Expression of Novel Genes in Agaricus bisporus Using an Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation Technique | A.J. Velcko Jr., R.W. Kerrigan, L.A. MacDonald, M.P. Wach, C. Schlagnhaufer and C.P. Romaine | 591 |
| Bioconversion of Some Agro-processing Waste Through Pleurotus Production | M.R. Youri, K. Tano-Debrah, M. Obodai and J.F. Smith | 599 |
| Mushrooms for Molecular Pharming | C. Zhang, V. Odon, H.K. Kim, M. Challen, K.S. Burton, D. Hartley and T. Elliott | 611 |
| Biologically Active Substances from Mycelia of Ganoderma lucidum and Lentinula edodes | N.A. Bisko, V.T. Bilay, V.G. Babitskaya, V.V. Scherba, N.Y. Mitropolskaya and T.A. Puchkova | 619 |
| Mushroom Cultivation: Building Mold Contamination | A.W. Chen and M. Moy | 625 |
| Effect of Agaricus brasiliensis Dietary Supplementation on NK Cell Count in Cancer Patients | J.L. Gennari, R. Veronesi, J. Felippe Jr., M.S. Gennari and S. Percário | 633 |
| Orthomolecular Medicine and Mushroom Consumption - An Attractive Aspect for Promoting Production | J.I. Lelley and J. Vetter | 637 |
| The Anti-androgenic Effect of Ganoderma lucidum | J. Liu, K. Shimizu, F. Konishi, K. Noda, S. Kumamoto, C. Ueda, H. Tajiri, S. Kaneko, Y. Suimi and R. Kondo | 645 |
| Ganoderma lucidum: A Novel Addition to Modern Medicine | N.R. Shah and B.N. Shah | 653 |
| Use of Ganoderma tsugae for the Treatment of Human Chronic Skin Ulcers | C.H. Su, B.W. Lin, S.Y. Yu and S.W. Liu | 659 |
| Analysis of Consumer Buying Behavior for Fresh Shiitake | C. Bing and L. Li | 663 |
| Benefits of Keeping the Consumer in Focus | M. Brownlee and G.K. Seymour | 671 |
| Mushroom Temperature Under Three Distribution Scenarios | A. Hicks, Y. Wang and J. Leshuk | 679 |
| Mushroom Practices and Production in Latin America: 1994-2002 | O. Lahman and D.L. Rinker | 681 |
| Consumption of Edible Mushrooms in Developing Countries: The Case of Mexico | Y. Mayett, D. Martínez-Carrera, M. Sánchez, A. Macías, S. Mora and A. Estrada | 687 |
| Market Research as a Strategic Weapon | G.K. Seymour and M. Brownlee | 697 |
| A Research Program for Evaluating Concepts for New Mushroom Products | J.L. Stanton and L.A. Tucci | 703 |
| Survey of Pesticide Use in the Australian Mushroom Industry | J. Allan and A. Clift | 707 |
| Managing Cobweb Disease in Australia | J.T. Fletcher, J. Allan and G.K. Seymour | 711 |
| Development of a Mushroom Pest and Disease Management Service | G.K. Seymour, B. Warren, N. McGilvray, A. Clift, J. Allan and M. Daniels | 717 |
| Agora: A Pest and Disease Management System for Mushrooms | B. Warren, N. McGilvray, G.K. Seymour, A. Clift, J. Allan and M. Daniels | 727 |