Lawn with dry patches under trees in a large garden. - SingjaiStocker/Shutterstock Fungal diseases have a mind of their own. They can sneak up on the most carefully ...

Early corn earworm damage is evident on the leaf of a cotton plant (at left), and a sample of B. Bassiana, a parasitic fungus that attacks insects, is prepared for ...

There’s some interesting activity afoot in the cropfields and pastures of Colorado, Utah and Montana, as researchers explore a new biocontrol method for Canada thistle, by delicately sprinkling, hand- ...

WASHINGTON -- Zoos in the U.S., Panama and Mexico are deploying researchers in Central America to develop new ways to fight a fungus blamed for wiping out dozens of frog and amphibian species as part ...

AMES, Iowa – Research led by a U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist at Iowa State University could improve the ability of crops to fight off diseases. Roger Wise, a research geneticist with the ...

Biological control helps take down nightmare weed. New products from Vive Crop Protection and Syngenta join fight against ...

A deadly fungus that has been devastating frog populations is spreading across the globe — it has helped drive the extinction of 200 species so far. In California, the chytrid fungus has moved ...

Grist reports that Arizona's fight against coccidioidomycosis (valley fever) faces challenges due to climate change and Trump ...

Using toxic fungus to fight cancer (5 min 6 sec) Researchers say they have been able to modify toxic fungus cells to fight cancer - specifically, leukaemia. The same mould that has been linked to ...

While our human ancestors began domesticating food crops around 10,000 years ago, a lineage of ants called the ‘attines’ became fungus farmers 60 million years earlier. The attine ants and their ...