Fungus News

Posted December 6, 2010:

• Missouri Grapes Hold Key to Improving World Grape Production

Posted November 30, 2010:

• Protecting Cereal Crops from Eyespot Fungal Disease

Posted November 29, 2010:

• New DNA Technique Developed to Aid Crops and Trees at Risk from Deadly 'Honey Fungus'

Posted November 24, 2010:

• How Pathogens Hijack Host Plants

Posted November 17, 2010:

• Advance Toward Controlling Fungus That Caused Irish Potato Famine
• Bees Take the Sting out of Mouth Ulcers

Posted November 14, 2010:

• Tiny Molecules Protect Fungi from the Dangers of Sex

Posted November 12, 2010:

• Fertility or Powdery Mildew Resistance?

Posted November 10, 2010:

• Infant Foods Should Be Screened for Mycotoxins, Scientists Say

Posted November 2, 2010:

• How Ancient Plants and Soil Fungi Turned Earth Green

Posted October 29, 2010:

• Atlantic Sea Turtle Population Threatened by Egg Infection

Posted October 28, 2010:

• Helping Fish Get Rid of the 'Ich'

Posted October 27, 2010:

• Imperiled Tropical Frog Shouting the Impact of Climate Change from the Mountaintops
• Tobacco and Nicotine: They're Good -- As a Pesticide

Posted October 25, 2010:

• Black Truffles Challenge Convention Wisdom, Exhibiting Sexual Reproduction Between Opposite Mating Types

Posted October 18, 2010:

• More Than a Century After the Gold Rush, Mining an Historical Park’s Lichen Diversity

Posted October 7, 2010:

• Bee Colony Collapse Associated With Viral, Fungal Infection, Biologist Says

Posted September 30, 2010:

• Black Aspergilli Species Responsible for Infecting Corn Identified

Posted September 28, 2010:

• Tracking Down Pathogenic Yeasts

Posted September 27, 2010:

• Fungal Spores Travel Farther by Surfing Their Own Wind

Posted September 14, 2010:

• New Microfluidic Chip for Discriminating Bacteria

Posted September 13, 2010:

• Farm Management Choice Can Benefit Fungi Key to Healthy Ecosystems

Posted September 9, 2010:

• Researchers Expand Yeast's Sugary Diet to Include Plant Fiber

Posted September 8, 2010:

• Linking Microbial Sex and Virulence

Posted September 7, 2010:

• Fungal Threat to Archived Film

Posted September 3, 2010:

• Afla-Guard Also Protects Corn Crops, Study Shows

Posted August 26, 2010:

• Light, Circadian Rhythms Affect Vast Range of Physiological, Behavioral Functions
• Ants Use Multiple Antibiotics as Weed Killers

Posted August 25, 2010:

• 'Soyscreen': Sunscreen for Fungus to Expand Biological Control of Crop Pests
• Deadly Bat Fungus Found in Several European Countries

Posted August 19, 2010:

• Old Drug Holds Promise Against Opportunistic Lung Bug
• Smart Fungus Disarms Plant, Animal and Human Immunity

Posted August 18, 2010:

• Fossil Reveals 48-Million-Year History of Zombie Ants

Posted August 13, 2010:

• Combination of Biological and Chemical Pesticides More Effective Than Expected on Malaria Mosquitoes

Posted August 11, 2010:

• Practical Screening Method from USDA to Speed Up Scab-Resistant Wheat Breeding

Posted August 6, 2010:

• Flower-Dwelling Yeast Licensed for Use Against Scab Disease

Posted August 5, 2010:

• Bats Facing Regional Extinction in Northeastern US from Rapidly Spreading White-Nose Syndrome

Posted August 1, 2010:

• Mining Bacterial Genomes Reveals Valuable 'Hidden' Drugs

Posted July 22, 2010:

• Scientists Discover How Deadly Fungal Microbes Enter Host Cells

Posted July 19, 2010:

• Simple 'Recipe' for Fungus-Free Horseradish Developed
• 'Violin Fungus' Genetically Decoded

Posted July 15, 2010:

• Fungi's Role in the Cycle of Life Discovered

Posted July 13, 2010:

• Fungi's Genetic Sabotage in Wheat Discovered

Posted July 12, 2010:

• Breaking Biomass Better

Posted July 8, 2010:

• Vitamin B3 as a Novel Approach to Treat Fungal Infections

Posted June 28, 2010:

• Japanese Gourmet Mushroom Found in Sweden

Posted June 22, 2010:

• Organic Pesticides Not Always 'Greener' Choice, Study Finds

Posted June 17, 2010:

• Using Bacteria in Oil Wells to Convert Oil to Natural Gas

Posted June 16, 2010:

• Wild Potato Germplasm Holds Key to Disease Resistance

Posted June 14, 2010:

• Super-Yeast Generates Ethanol from Energy Crops and Agricultural Residues

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