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The hawkmoth and the flower
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (51+ words) The hawkmoth and the flower (IMAGE)EurekAlert! A nocturnal hawkmoth visiting the flowers of Jasminanthes mucronata, a plant species native to Japan that produces black nectar Chiyoda et al, 2026 Credit must be given to the creator. More on this News…...
A team from the IBMCP participates in the discovery of a "molecular switch" that controls how plants form their vascular tissues
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (239+ words) An international team of researchers, including the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Plant Biology, has discovered a new molecular mechanism that regulates the formation of vascular tissues in plants The research, published in the journal Science, shows that this regulation…...
Microscopic coils and coffee trees lead to an amazing new fungal discovery
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (424+ words) Two previously unknown species of fungi, Neohelicomyces coffeae and Neohelicomyces puerensis, have been found living on dead coffee plant branches in China. These belong to a group called Neohelicomyces, known for their unique, coiled shapes that look like tiny springs…...
Fusarium in focus [IMAGE] | EurekAlert! Science News Releases
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (46+ words) Fusarium in focus (IMAGE)EurekAlert! Bright-field microscopy images from the JenXplor robotic platform show uninhibited growth of F. veterinarium (left) and the same fungus under the influence of the antifungal agent voriconazole (right). Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection…...
Overview of the fungal transcriptome functional annotation workflow and downstream functional analysis
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (90+ words) RNA and DNA sequences from fungal samples were generated by next-generation sequencing (NGS) and functionally annotated using the new workflow to construct a comprehensive annotation table. The annotated functional information enabled high-resolution functional enrichment analysis, revealing biologically meaningful differences between…...
Into the fungal unknown: New tool maps fungal gene functions without reference genomes
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (438+ words) Into the fungal unknown: New tool maps fungal gene functions without reference genomes'eurekalert.org RNA and DNA sequences from fungal samples were generated by next-generation sequencing (NGS) and functionally annotated using the new workflow to construct a comprehensive annotation table....
Fig. 1: The heat-loving milkweed is increasingly spreading in the lowlands of Austria. It can form dense stands and then displace native species.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (83+ words) Fig. 1: The heat-loving milkweed is increasingly spreading in the lowlands of Austria. It can form dense stands and then displace native species.EurekAlert! Fig. 1: The heat-loving milkweed is increasingly spreading in the lowlands of Austria. It can form dense stands…...
Macroscopic and microscopic images of Fusarium kistleri
1+ week, 2+ day ago (111+ words) Fig. 5.Macroscopic and microscopic images of'Fusarium kistleri.'A,'Colonies on potato dextrose agar (left) and oatmeal agar (right).'B,'Sporodochia and clusters of macroconidia.'C and D,'Conidiophores and conidiogenous cells.'E and F,'Chlamydospores.'G,'Macroconidia. Scale bars for…...
Conceptual figure illustrating the effect of plant size and environmental conditions on biomass ratios of different organs
1+ week, 2+ day ago (153+ words) Both APT and OPT influence the biomass allocation among organs during growth.(a)APT, which describes the geometry of the given organism, posits that the scaling exponents between organs, for specific species, are relatively stable, regardless of changes in environmental conditions....
Researcher and her lab plants
1+ week, 3+ day ago (30+ words) Researcher and her lab plants (IMAGE)EurekAlert! Wilhelmina van de Ven and the laboratory plants at UC Riverside. More on this News Release How plants stop growing to survive stress...