Mycorrhizal fungi are a vital part of ecosystems around the world — including to climate-threatened saguaros here in the ...

If you walk through a forest and look down, you might think you're stepping on dead leaves, twigs and soil. In reality, you're walking over a vast underground patchwork of fungal filaments, supporting ...

A trial to tackle the invasive Himalayan balsam plant using a fungal infection has shown "early success". Yorkshire Wildlife ...

This fungus is especially common on tomato plants but is found on many species. Plants are infected from the bottom up, so ...

Good fungi might prove even better for plant, human health. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 03 / 110302121836.htm. Texas A&M AgriLife.

SAN DIEGO — New research shows a relationship is sprouting between plant roots and soil fungi. This could lead to the elimination of harsh chemicals making their way into our environment and ...

Question: My purple pear cactus has some kind of fungus/insect infestation on it. It happened very suddenly and the cold weather seems not to have affected it at all.

The fungi have threadlike cells that increase the surface area of the plant's roots, increasing the plant's access to necessary nutrients from the soil. In return, the fungus gets sugary foods ...

One plant hormone suppresses the symbiosis, another promotes it. Arbuscular mycorrhiza is a particularly intimate form of symbiosis in which the plant allows the hyphae of the fungus access into its ...