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  Hemlock Trees Saved from Woolly Adelgid With 'Forest Fungus Factory'

  July 21, 2011 — Hemlock woolly adelgid has devastated hemlock forests from Georgia to Maine. Now a scientist has developed a treatment called a "fungal microfactory." In infested trees, a sprayed-on fungus mixture ... > full story
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  'Dry Rot' Genome Offers Lessons for Biofuel Pretreatment Processes: Breaking Down Cellulose Without Blasting Lignin

  July 14, 2011 — Dry rot due to the fungus Serpula lacrymans causes millions of dollars worth of damage to homes and buildings around the world. Now a comparative analysis involving Serpula lacrymans, the second ... > full story
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  Climate Adaptation of Rice

  July 13, 2011 — Rice -- which provides nearly half the daily calories for the world's population -- could become adapted to climate change and some catastrophic events by colonizing its seeds or plants with the ... > full story
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  Spread of Fungus-Farming Beetles Is Bad News for Trees

  July 13, 2011 — Researchers have found that a subset of fungus-farming ambrosia beetles may be in the early stages of a global epidemic threatening a number of economically important trees, including avocados, ... > full story
• Food and Agriculture
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  Popular Fungicides Failing, May Cause Hard Choices for Apple Growers

  July 12, 2011 — Orchard growers have started finding that some of the most commonly used fungicides are no longer effective at controlling apple scab, according to a new ... > full story
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  New Switch in Resistance to Plant Diseases Discovered

  July 12, 2011 — Powdery mildew is a tricky pathogen: The fungus can manipulate barley in a way that it is not only granted entry into the plant, but also gets the plant's cells to supply it with nutrients. A team of ... > full story
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  Orchids and Fungi: An Unexpected Case of Symbiosis

  July 12, 2011 — The majority of orchids are found in habitats where light may be a limiting factor. However, orchids are found in a wide range of habitats and range in their photosynthetic capabilities. For those ... > full story
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  Mushroom Lights Up the Night in Brazil: Researcher Finds Bioluminescent Fungus Not Seen Since 1840

  July 6, 2011 — In 1840, renowned English botanist George Gardner reported a strange sight from the streets of Vila de Natividade in Brazil: A group of boys playing with a glowing object that turned out to be a ... > full story
• Evolutionary Biology
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  Fungus Farming Ant Genome Reveals Insight Into Adaptation of Social Behavior

  June 29, 2011 — The development of agriculture was a significant event in human cultural evolution, but we are not the only organisms to have adopted an agricultural way of life. Researchers have now sequenced the ... > full story
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  New and Old Threats to Soybean Production

  June 23, 2011 — Researchers have identified the top pathogens, pests and weeds affecting soybean production in a new article. Soybean aphid, soybean rust, soybean cyst nematode, Sclerotina stem rot and the exotic ... > full story

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