Tag: "fungus" at biology news Scientists discuss improved
biopesticides for locust control in West Africa ...s registered
for use in West Africa derives from a fungus that is a specific
pathogen of locusts and grasshoppers. It specifically targets
those insects and does not affect non-target organisms," Vaughan
said. "The persistence of base biopesticides is low in the
environment because of degradation from sunl... Advances in the
characterisation of the oyster mushroom genes ... responsible
for this activity ?the reason why the fungus is sometimes used
as a decontaminating agent, was the aim of the PhD thesis by
Arantza Eizmendi Goikoetxea, which she defended at the Public
University of Navarre with the title, Molecular Characterisation
of a family of genes of cellobiohydrolases i... Light therapy
may combat fungal infections, new evidence suggests ... newly
discovered mechanism by which an infectious fungus perceives
light also plays an important role in it...ed the research. The
potentially life-threateni