Symbiotic and pathogenic fungi that interact with plants are distantly related and don’t share many genetic similarities. Comparing plant pathogenic fungi and plant symbiotic fungi, scientists at the ...

Fungi can cause disease in both humans, animals, and plants. Every year, 1.5 million people die from fungal infections, and fungal attacks in food crops threaten food production. To protect ourselves, ...

This study is reported by Liang-Dong Guo’s group from the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. Elucidating the mechanism of community assembly of leaf fungi related with ...

Cereals have natural resistance to pathogenic fungi, but powdery mildew, for example, can overcome this resistance. A team at ...

Orchard enthusiasts and gardeners are worried when they view black spots on apples and wilted zucchinis. It is understandable to question whether one can become sick by ingesting produce infected by ...