“Insect herbivores have long been known to accumulate plant defense metabolites from their diet as defenses against their own ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is highlighting the threat posed by fungal pathogens in a new report, which is calling for increased attention to the problem. Nineteen fungi have been listed as ...

Plant‐pathogenic fungi rely on finely tuned cellular processes to invade host tissues and sustain infection. This study ...

Anthracnose is one of the most damaging fungal diseases affecting woody oil crops and many other plants, causing severe yield ...

Neeraj Chauhan, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Center for Discovery and Innovation at Hackensack Meridian Health, explained the mechanisms behind antifungal resistance in Candida auris (C. auris ...

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 ...

Infection with the pathogenic yeast fungus Candida auris (C. auris) can wreak havoc on the health of hospital patients and residents of nursing homes, especially those who are already weakened by ...

While water lilies are perhaps most famous for starring in French impressionist artist Claude Monet’s work, they may also have a molecular secret weapon that could help in our ongoing fight against ...

Soil-borne pathogens are resilient to stressful conditions, and may be more likely than non-pathogenic microbes to survive the prolonged dry spells that are projected to persist regionally across many ...

The world is filled with tiny creatures that find us delicious. Bacteria and viruses are the obvious bad guys, drivers of deadly global pandemics and annoying infections. But the pathogens we haven’t ...