The Hidden World of Mycorrhizae and Their Impact on Plant Health and Ecosystems
Blog, Featured Article 1The trendy invisible world beneath our feet
Although the fungal world popped up in recent years thanks to several factors, including the Netflix documentary “Fantastic Fungi”, they have been on Earth for hundreds of millions of years, playing essential roles in ecosystems long before humans even…
Sweet revenge: a fungal oligosaccharide takes on plant defense responses
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChandrasekar, Wanke, Wawra and co-workers discover how fungal cell surface polysaccharides assist in evading hostile plant immune responses.
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac114
By Alan Wanke1 and Pia Saake2 Alga Zuccaro2
1 Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United…