Most plants form beneficial relationships with belowground mycorrhizal fungi that help them access soil nutrients in exchange ...

The innovation centers on a fungus called Metarhizium pingshaense, long known for its ability to kill insects. But scientists ...

Sunday in that bleak pandemic summer of 2020, the air near central California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park felt muggy, almost tropical. Weird, thought naturalist Christian ...

Fungi underpin all life on Earth, yet it is estimated that more than 95 per cent of fungal species remain undiscovered.

Natural products have long served as a prolific source of antimicrobial agents. However, their biological potential extends far beyond traditional ...

Nevertheless, there is little information about the role of VOCs derived from soilborne pathogenic fungi and beneficial fungi, particularly mycorrhizae, in influencing plant performance. In this ...

There's an urgent need to quantify the role of fungal toxins (aflatoxins) found in agricultural crops, such as maize and ...

UC Davis infectious diseases experts George Thompson and Angel Desai are raising the alarm about the role new pesticides can play in building resistance to antifungal medical treatments.

Fungal infections, particularly in immunocompromised individuals, are responsible for nearly four million deaths annually—however, current treatments are limited and are frequently ineffective. Now, ...