Increasing banana diversity In tracing the global spread of this new version of Fusarium oxysporum, we realized that a major ...

“It might give off the false impression that there’s a dead body, emerging from the leaf litter, but these Xylaria fungi are ...

If bananas being wiped out from a fungal infection ... banana wilt,” lead author Yong Zhang said in a statement. “It spread like wildfire from South-East Asia to Africa and Central America.” For the ...

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Even with an avenue for controlling the disease, crop diversity could further reduce the fungus' virulence. Bananas are being infected by a disease called Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), caused by ...

Fusarium wilt poses a significant threat to global agriculture, particularly affecting the banana industry, where it is ...

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MARQUETTE, MI — A tree disease is spreading across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Oak wilt, a lethal fungal infection which ...

A small team of biologists at the University of Bristol has found that black garden ants modify the physical structure of ...

Researchers have found several promising ways to thwart the fungus, which causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Li-Jun Ma, UMass Amherst (THE CONVERSATION) Did you know that the bananas you eat ...