How do symbioses between plants and fungi develop? How do plants decide whether or not to enter into a partnership with fungi? The team of Prof. Dr. Caroline Gutjahr, director at the Max Planck ...

UC Riverside scientists discovered how to make parasitic weeds die early using plant hormones. This method could help farmers ...

Should you remove mushrooms in your yard or leave them be? Why do they grow there in the first place? Your questions, ...

Understanding how plants regulate their symbiosis with fungi under stress conditions could provide information on how to breed crops that form beneficial partnerships with fungi even under changing ...

Like humans, many fungi rely on plants as a food source. This impacts the yield of food crops. It's estimated farmers lose between 10 to 23 per cent of their crops to fungal disease every year.

"A revolutionary way to improve agriculture." Scientists make revolutionary breakthrough that could reshape how we grow food: ...

Future “shroom” bots could walk through crop fields, testing soil health and other conditions as they go. While fungi may help robots bet­ter interact with the world, plant powers could help ...

Mar. 10, 2025 — Without plants on land ... of a Common 'Weapon' Used by Disease-Causing Fungi Could Help Engineer More Resilient Food Crops Feb. 27, 2025 — The discovery of a powerful ...

Some things just work well together. Peanut butter and jelly. Bacon and eggs. Wine and cheese. And when we step out of the ...

This study summarizes the current research status of the impacts of crop domestication and improvement on root ...

Like humans, many fungi rely on plants as a food source. This impacts the yield of food crops. It's estimated farmers lose between 10 to 23% of their crops to fungal disease every year.