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UC Berkeley News
UC Berkeley researchers used bacterial DNA from a 120-year-old herbarium specimen to reconstruct the history of Pierce’s disease in California.
By Kara Manke
A century-old grapevine cutting is providing new clues into the history …
Frontiers
- 1 The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
- 2 University of Cambridge, Cambridge, …
Farming Online
- Groundbreaking project successfully trains detection dogs to specifically identify the tree pathogen Phytophthora ramorum.
- Trial results show trained spanador - a cocker spaniel labrador cross - achieve 89% successful first- …
University of Cordoba https://www.uco.es/ucci/es/noticias-ingles/item/4110-study-explains-how-a-fungus-helps-plants-to-acquire-more-iron-in-a-sustainable-way
After verifying its potential as a pest biocontrol agent, a team at the University of Cordoba …
Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2024-12-wood-wide-web-tree-nutrient.html
The idea of trees "talking" to one another through underground fungal networks—the so-called "wood wide web"—has captured …
John Innes Centre
The capacity of bacteria to spread disease across the Plant Kingdom may be much more widespread than previously suspected, according to new analysis.
John Innes Centre researchers took a comparative evolutionary approach, using …
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Despite their reputation as buzzing nuisances, flies serve a critical role as some of the Earth's most prolific pollinators -- and new research led by Penn State scientists suggests they are increasingly at risk …
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Source: FreshPlaza [in German, trans. & summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://www.freshplaza.de/article/9690272/kakaopilz-bedroht-sudafrikas-papayaproduktion/There are only a few papaya growers left now in South Africa. …
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Clemson News (Cindy Landrum) Clemson University Department of Genetics and Biochemistry Professor …
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Source: Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) [in Spanish, machine trans., summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://www.ica.gov.co/noticias/ica-cesar-fortalece-pudricion-cogollo-palmaTo strengthen the fight against bud rot in …
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