English
Arabic
Chinese (Simplified)
Dutch
Esperanto
French
German
Greek
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
UrduHow can new life forms that we cannot see be discovered? Using a novel method based on looking for DNA in soil samples, researchers at Uppsala University have revealed the existence of two hitherto unknown, but very common fungus species.…
Tag: MYCOLOGY
Fungal species naturally suppresses cyst nematodes responsible for major sugar beet losses
The plant pathogenic nematode Heterodera schachtii infects more than 200 different plants, including sugar beets, and causes significant economic losses. Over the past 50 years, the primary management tool in California has been crop rotation. When the number of H.…
Cucurbit downy mildew pathogen has two genetically distinct host-adapted clades
Cucurbit downy mildew is a devastating disease for the United States cucurbit industry, which includes cucumbers, watermelon, squash, and pumpkin. The disease has caused major losses in North Carolina, which has significant cucumber and watermelon acreage. To help growers better…
Daniel Wubah: university president … and a king
This story is part of a series, called Georgia Groundbreakers, that celebrates innovative and visionary faculty, students, alumni and leaders throughout the history of the University of Georgia – and their profound, enduring impact on our state, our nation and the world.
Impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal species on heterodera glycines
Introduced to the United States over 60 years ago, soybean cyst nematode (SCN) has spread broadly throughout the Midwest and eastern parts of the country. After penetrating the root tissue, SCN take nutrients away from the soybean plant and reduce…
The Darwinian diet: You are what you eat
Lessons in evolution from agricultural ants in Panama
Those funky cheese smells allow microbes to ‘talk’ to and feed each other
Researchers discover that bacteria that ripen cheese respond to the volatile gases produced by cheese fungi
Study finds fungal disease of snakes in 19 states, Puerto Rico
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In a collaborative effort between scientists and personnel on military bases in 31 states in the continental U.S. and Puerto Rico, researchers surveyed for an infection caused by an emerging fungal pathogen that afflicts snakes. The effort…
Virus turns deadly fungus from foe to friend in plants
Researchers have discovered that a fungal virus (also called a mycovirus) can convert deadly fungal pathogens into beneficial fungus in rapeseed plants. Once transformed, the fungus boosts the plant’s immune system, making the plant healthier and more resistant to diseases.…
Microbiome-based technologies drive multibillion-dollar market
New research field promises to transform food production and treatment of diseases; a global panel of experts unified concepts to define research priorities and offer basis for legislation
Fungal compound inhibits important group of proteins
Zebrafish embryos elucidate unknown effect for cercosporamide
Genome of Alexander Fleming’s original penicillin-producing mould sequenced
Researchers have sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming’s penicillin mould for the first time and compared it to later versions.
Genome of Alexander Fleming’s original penicillin-producing mould sequenced
Researchers have sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming’s penicillin mould for the first time and compared it to later versions. Alexander Fleming famously discovered the first antibiotic, penicillin, in 1928 while working at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, which is…
Penicillium camemberti: a history of domestication on cheese
The white, fluffy layer that covers Camembert is made of a mould resulting from human selection, similar to the way dogs were domesticated from wolves. A collaboration involving French scientists from the CNRS* has shown, through genomic analyses and laboratory…
Scientists identify new species of crystal-encrusted truffle, thanks to bonobos
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mushroom-munching bonobos in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have introduced scientists to a new species of truffle. Commonly used by Congolese communities to bait traps for small mammals, Hysterangium bonobo is also savored by bonobos, an…
Biological control agents can protect soybeans from Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS)
Sudden death syndrome (SDS) is one of the most destructive diseases of soybean, with losses of nearly 1.7 million metric tons in 2014. The disease is especially severe in the Midwest and North-Central regions, where conditions of high soil humidity…
International screening of the effects of a pathogenic fungus
New fungus Candida auris first observed in 2009
Japanese sake: the new pick-me-up? Yeast strain makes fatigue-fighting ornithine
Researchers from the Nara Institute of Science and Technology and the Nara Prefecture Institute of Industrial Development found that a mutant strain of sake yeast produces high levels of the amino acid ornithine
What kind of animal transports the seeds of the world’s smallest fruit-bearing plants?
Novel seed dispersal system of a mushroom-like non-photosynthetic plant
Research helps explain source of pathogen that causes bitter rot disease
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Fungal spores responsible for bitter rot disease, a common and devastating infection in fruit, do not encounter their host plants by chance. Turns out, they have a symbiotic association with the plant, often living inside its…
Landmark paper calls for need to develop the world’s microbiome biobanking infrastructure
Scientists have outlined a series of challenges and opportunities presented in a necessary review of how microbiomes – biological communities including bacteria, archaea, fungi, algae, protists and viruses – can be preserved for generations to come.
A phylogenetic analysis reveals the evolution of the mitochondrial calcium transporter
The system that regulates cellular calcium levels duplicated, generating two non-equivalent systems, some one billion years ago before fungi and animals diverged evolutionarily. The fungal models currently used for the study of mitochondrial calcium regulation are not adequate, as the…
An ancient association? Crickets disperse seeds of early-diverging orchid Apostasia nipponica
Associate Professor SUETSUGU Kenji (Kobe University Graduate School of Science) presents evidence of the apparently unusual seed dispersal system by crickets and camel crickets in Apostasia nipponica (Apostasioideae), acknowledged as an early-diverging lineage of Orchidaceae . These findings were published…
A 40-year journey leads to a new truffle species
CORVALLIS, Ore. – As a first-year graduate student studying truffle ecology at Oregon State University, Dan Luoma attended a scientific meeting in 1981 on Orcas Island in Washington. Having recently learned how to search for truffles, he went out one…
New species of fungus sticking out of beetles named after the COVID-19 quarantine
A major comprehensive study on Herpomycetales and Laboulbeniales, two orders of unique ectoparasitic fungi associated with insects and other arthropods (class Laboulbeniomycetes) in Belgium and the Netherlands was published in the open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal MycoKeys.
New species of fungus sticking out of beetles named after the COVID-19 quarantine
A major comprehensive study on Herpomycetales and Laboulbeniales , two orders of unique ectoparasitic fungi associated with insects and other arthropods (class Laboulbeniomycetes) in Belgium and the Netherlands was published in the open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal MycoKeys . Having surveyed…
Weather-based decisions may reduce fungicide sprays on table beets
A plant pathologist at Cornell University, Sarah J. Pethybridge supplies New York vegetable growers with the information they need to control soilborne diseases and adopt effective management strategies. She crafts her research around conversations with table beet growers about productivity…
Weather-based decisions may reduce fungicide sprays on table beets
A plant pathologist at Cornell University, Sarah J. Pethybridge supplies New York vegetable growers with the information they need to control soilborne diseases and adopt effective management strategies. She crafts her research around conversations with table beet growers about productivity…
New Research Reveals Antifungal Symbiotic Peptide In Legume
Danforth Center scientists, Dilip Shah, PhD, Siva Velivelli, PhD, Kirk Czymmek, PhD, and their collaborators at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have identified a sub class of peptides in the nodules of the legume, Medicago truncatula that proved effective in inhibiting growth of the fungus causing gray mold.
New research reveals antifungal symbiotic peptide in legume
Findings pave the way for developing environmentally friendly fungicides
Fungal pathogen disables plant defense mechanism
The white mold fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum detoxifies the mustard oil bomb in plants of the cabbage family
Newly synthesized fungal compound can switch on a self-destruct button for cancer
Leading organic chemists synthesize fungal molecule capable of reactivating the self-destruct gene in aggressive cancer cells
Newly synthesized fungal compound can switch on a self-destruct button for cancer
Leading organic chemists synthesize fungal molecule capable of reactivating the self-destruct gene in aggressive cancer cells
Parasitic fungi keep harmful blue-green algae in check
When a lake is covered with green scums during a warm summer, cyanobacteria – often called blue-green algae – are usually involved. Mass development of such cyanobacteria is bad for water quality because they can deprive the water of oxygen…
Parasitic fungi keep harmful blue-green algae in check
When a lake is covered with green scums during a warm summer, cyanobacteria – often called blue-green algae – are usually involved. Mass development of such cyanobacteria is bad for water quality because they can deprive the water of oxygen…
Jonathan Schilling: Then and Now
Jonathan Schilling is a professor in the Department of Plant & Microbial Biology at the University of Minnesota. He is also the director of the Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories in northern Minnesota.
Microalgae food for honey bees
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, May 11, 2020–A microscopic algae (“microalgae”) could provide a complete and sustainably sourced supplemental diet to boost the robustness of managed honey bees, according to research just published by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in the journal…
Microalgae food for honey bees
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, May 11, 2020–A microscopic algae (“microalgae”) could provide a complete and sustainably sourced supplemental diet to boost the robustness of managed honey bees, according to research just published by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in the journal…
Research shows relationship between trophic type and latent period in fungal pathogens
Through a meta-analysis of biotrophs, hemibiotrophs, and necrotophs, four scientists set out to find if the latent period of leaf fungal pathogens reflects their trophic types. The answer? Yes, there is a strong relationship between the trophic type and the…
Research shows relationship between trophic type and latent period in fungal pathogens
Through a meta-analysis of biotrophs, hemibiotrophs, and necrotophs, four scientists set out to find if the latent period of leaf fungal pathogens reflects their trophic types. The answer? Yes, there is a strong relationship between the trophic type and the…
Common soil fungus could be ally in organic corn growers’ fight against pests
A common soil fungus might be enlisted as a powerful partner by corn producers to suppress pests and promote plant growth, according to Penn State researchers, who suggest promoting the fungus could be an especially valuable strategy for organic growers…
Spores, please!
Gypsy moth larvae love poplar leaves infected by fungi
Lactic acid bacteria present in kimchi cabbage and garlic carry out the fermentation
Identification of the origin source and the fermentation characteristics of lactic acid bacteria responsible for kimchi fermentation.
Ash dieback is less severe in isolated ash trees
New research published in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Ecology finds that ash dieback is far less severe in the isolated conditions ash is often found in, such as forests with low ash density or in open canopies like…
Acta Biologica Sibirica signs with Pensoft and moves to ARPHA
The first papers in 2020 of Acta Biologica Sibirica, journal of Altai State University, are published on the innovative ARPHA publishing platform and already available online on a user-friendly brand new website
Impulse for research on fungi
Fungi play an important role for mankind. In the soil, they decompose dead organic material, making it accessible to plants as a nutrient. In industrial biotechnological plants, fungi produce vast quantities of chemicals and food every day. In addition, fungi…
Fungi found in cotton can decrease root knot nematode galling
Texas A&M University scientists found that a surprising number of fungi naturally associated with cultivated cotton were capable of curtailing the negative effects of a plant parasite known as the Southern root knot nematode, an economically damaging pest of cotton…
Innovation for humanity
Chemical engineering professor Michelle O’Malley recognized for work in biological, medical fields
New pathogen threatens fennel yield in Italy
A new fennel fungal disease caused by a new genus and species – Ochraceocephala foeniculi , was observed for the first time in 2017 on 5% of the “Apollo” fennel cultivar grown in the sampled localities in Catania province, Italy.…
New pathogen threatens fennel yield in Italy
A new fennel fungal disease caused by a new genus and species – Ochraceocephala foeniculi , was observed for the first time in 2017 on 5% of the “Apollo” fennel cultivar grown in the sampled localities in Catania province, Italy.…