CSIRO
APHIS-USDA
CerambycID
ITP collaborator: Michigan State University
Authors: Patrick Gorring, Anthony Cognato, Sarah Smith, and Amanda Redford
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Identification Technology Program (ITP) is pleased to announce …
Read more...Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2024-12-historical-outbreaks-coffee-wilt-disease.html
The fungus that causes coffee wilt disease repeatedly took up segments of DNA from a related fungal pathogen, which contributed to …
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
Farming Online
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 …
Read more...ScienceDaily
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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