Have you suddenly spotted shrooms growing in the soil of your prized indoor plants? If you have, don’t panic—mushrooms are ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have cracked the code of plant-to-fungi communication in a new study published in the journal Molecular Cell. Using baker's yeast, the researchers ...

slowly turning them into what would become soil. In the Late Ordovician era, they formed a symbiotic relationship with liverworts, the earliest plants. “Ultimately, fungi helped plants move away ...

The soil fungus Mortierella alpina has the potential to make agriculture greener and more sustainable: The fungus produces bioactive molecules called malpinins, which could protect plants from ...

Q: I repotted some houseplants a few months ago and now I see small, whitish yellow rounded structures on the surface of the ...

Besides being a key source of water and nutrients for plants, soil is also an important reservoir of bacteria, fungi, and nematodes that can severely impact plant growth and yield. Soil-borne ...

Water the soil at the base of the plant, not the leaves. Be sure the plant's pot drains well. Avoid letting plants stand in water. Over-watering and poor drainage can cause root rot and encourage ...

is a general term describing a symbiotic relationship between a soil fungus and plant root. Unlike rhizobia and their legume partners, mycorrhizal associations are ubiquitous and relatively ...

which the authors said suggests "a possible role of environmental prion contamination in the horizontal transmission of the disease." Dennis Church / Flickr cc Finding that plants can accumulate ...

Plant and soil sciences doctoral student Charanpreet Kaur researches environmentally friendly solutions for turfgrass ...