Scientists found that plants communicate with fungi through strigolactones, boosting phosphate metabolism and growth.

Researchers at the University of Toronto have cracked the code of plant-to-fungi communication in a new study published in ...

A study investigates the evolution of beneficial bacteria that live inside and on the surface of farming ants. Attine ants ...

Fungal pathogens pose a threat to crop yields and food security. “This leads to a reliance on using chemical fungicides to protect crops, which can have negative environmental impacts and affect food ...

The book is intended to be read through, rather than used solely for reference. Pathogenic root-infecting fungi are a substantial threat to the welfare of all crop plants, and are therefore of ...

Fungi don't have eyes or a brain, but their intelligent behaviors may surprise you. New research suggests that fungi may be able to recognize shapes. Can organisms without a brain still show signs ...

Future targets Develop rapid, accurate diagnostics for human-pathogenic fungi and improved (including combination or novel) antifungal treatments. Establish and monitor the actual scale of ...

The day after digging started, the researchers added 20 more worker ants to each jar, with half of the jars receiving groups infected with a fungal pathogen. Over the next six days, the ...

The infection of just two individuals with Rhodosporidiobolus fluvialis could pose a significant threat, experts have warned, drawing ... fungus in immunocompromised mice and found that the ...

Researchers at BRIC-Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) on Thursday (October 3, 2024) have announced that they had discovered how fungal pathogen ‘Candida glabrata’, which ...

Corn is an important part of our daily lives; it literally fuels us, as a food and when turned into ethanol. The grain is ...