Mold and fungus do not wait on the sidelines. They move fast, spread faster, and attack when plants sit at their most ...

The idea of music boosting plant growth has been around for many years, but a new study has found that monotonous noise stimulates a type of fungus that improves the growth of plants. In a paper in ...

A study has found that playing a soundscape to a common, plant-promoting fungus found in soil caused it to grow more rapidly than fungi that weren’t exposed to sound. The novel ‘eco-acoustic’ approach ...

Engineers and plant pathologists have developed a way to engineer a protein that blocks fungi from breaking down cell walls, as well as a way to produce this protein in quantity for external ...

It may be winter, but there are some things for gardeners to do and you may have questions. To ask one, simply go to the OSU Extension website, type it in and include the county where you live. A ...

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 ...

Farmers have long fought a quiet war against the fungi that rot crops in fields and storage sheds. Each year, these diseases ...

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