There’s no shortage of products designed to grow beneficial fungi that will help your crops or garden. Whether they actually ...

Engineers showed that some types of soil bacteria can influence a plant's balance of growth and defense. The bacteria produce an enzyme that can lower a plant's immune activity and allow its roots to ...

Fungal networks play a leading role in plant and forest health and could be key to sustainably supporting ecosystems and agriculture in the face of climate change.

A new study has shown that people who have asthma or sniffling caused by allergies also carry a different set of fungi in their nasal cavities compared to people who do not experience allergy-related ...

Most flowering plants have green leaves and depend on sunlight to make carbohydrates (sugar molecules) through photosynthesis ...

Toothy toadstools and ghost palms among new species named by Royal Botanic Gardens in 2024 More than 170 fungi and plants previously unknown to science have been named for the first time in 2024 ...

And by being able to transform plants and fungi more efficiently, we can improve our ability to make biofuels and bioproducts." That could lead to fuel that's cheaper to buy and cleaner to burn, ...

which use a wicking system to provide water to plants' roots so you don't have to water as often. However, be aware they are not ideal for all types of plants. One of the steps, Ms Campbell says ...

These fungal bonds can help plants ... produce mycorrhizae. On the whole, the study found commercial products bonded with roots at much lower rates than when academic scientists used fungi that ...

LAWRENCE —A burgeoning billion-dollar industry woos farmers and gardeners with promises of achieving better, more environmentally friendly harvests through symbiotic fungi that bond with plant roots .