Native Fungus Wipes Out Mustard Aphids and Survives Brutal Heat in Lab Tests
A Metarhizium anisopliae isolate from northern Thailand killed mustard aphids within five days at high spore doses and showed the ...
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Viral Protein Steers Host Range of Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus Strains
Researchers found that the nuclear shuttle protein encoded by DNA-B determines whether selected tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus strains ...
How Histone Tweaks Help Deadly Fungi Evade Drugs and Hosts
A new review in Current Genetics details how histone methylation, acetylation, and demethylation regulate virulence, stress responses, and drug resistance ...
Spermidine Synthase Emerges as a Master Switch Behind a Devastating Cotton Wilt Fungus
Deleting the spermidine synthase gene VdSPDS from the cotton wilt fungus Verticillium dahliae abolishes growth and conidiation, heightens stress sensitivity, ...
Serovar 13 Glaesserella parasuis strain shows marked pathogenicity in piglet challenge model
A clinical Glaesserella parasuis serovar 13 isolate caused dose-dependent mortality in a piglet challenge model, and whole-genome sequencing revealed putative ...
Cordyceps fungi reveal chemical weapons that switch on during insect infection
A pilot study of two Cordyceps species shows that insect-killing fungi produce different chemical arsenals in culture than inside host ...
Lactic Acid Bacteria Reprogram and Displace Mastitis-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms
An in vitro study shows that three lactic acid bacterial strains from human milk and infant feeding tubes can colonize ...
Genomic Scan Reveals Why Some Clinical Strains of a Candida Relative Build Twice as Much Biofilm
A genomic and phenotypic screen of 95 clinical isolates shows that strong biofilm producers of Nakaseomyces glabratus cluster in the ...
Host–virus genetic interactions mask heritable fitness variation in flies
Experiments in Drosophila melanogaster and its sigma virus show that host–virus genotype interactions, not host or virus main effects, dominate ...
Fungal Lure That Attracts and Kills Wireworms
Wireworms, the subterranean larvae of click beetles in the genus Agriotes, are among the most stubborn pests in European agriculture. ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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