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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean, Xim Cerdá, Jérôme Orivel, Frédéric Azémar, Alexander L. Wild, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brown Rot-Type Fungal Decomposition of Sorghum Bagasse: Variable Success and Mechanistic Implications

International Journal of Microbiology, 2018
Sweet sorghum is a promising crop for a warming, drying African climate, and basic information is lacking on conversion pathways for its lignocellulosic residues (bagasse).
Gerald N. Presley, Bongani K. Ndimba, Jonathan S. Schilling   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preservatve Potentials of Datura metel Seed Oil on Triplochiton scleroxylon Wood (Schumann)against Fungal Attack

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2023
This experiment was carried out to evaluate the potential of extracted Datura metel seed oil as a  bio wood preservative against fungi attack as reports have shown bio-preservatives to be toxic free and environmentally friendly.
F. B Okanlawon, E. A. Adelusi, K. O. Olaoye, O. A. Okon-Akan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Draft genome of Neofabraea vagabunda, the agent of bull's eye rot

Annals of Applied Biology, EarlyView.
Circular representation of the 12 major scaffolds from the draft genome of Neofabraea vagabunda showing gene density, density of repeated regions, GC content, and functional features (secrete and membrane proteins, proteases, and CAZymes) distribution.
Saveria Mosca, Antonino Malacrinò, Nesma Zakaria Mohamed, Martina Lucci, Alessandra Di Francesco   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shaping future forests: how can ecophysiology support climate‐smart forest management?

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Climate change, particularly the associated increase in extreme events and disturbances, threatens the numerous environmental, social, and economic benefits that forests provide, both locally and globally. Heat and drought pose significant risks to forest ecosystems; the anticipated future climate is expected to exacerbate this trend ...
Arthur Gessler, José M. Grünzweig, Laura Bigio, Henrik Hartmann, Nate McDowell, Frank Krumm, Arun K. Bose, Andreas Rigling, Harald Bugmann, Valentina Vitali, Pascal Schneider, J. Jelle Lever, Janine Schweier, Anne Kempel, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Philipp Brun, Jürgen Bauhus, Micah Wilhelm, Alessandra Bottero   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Degradation of thermo-hygro-mechanically (THM)-densified wood by soft-rot fungi [PDF]

, 2017
Thermo-hygro-mechanical (THM)-densified wood is more resistant to colonisation and degradation by brown-rot fungi than untreated wood. Colonisation and degradation by soft-rot fungi was investigated in treated Norway spruce (Picea abies) and treated ...
Niemz, Peter, Schwarze, Francis W.M.R., Skyba, Oleksandr   +2 more
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WRKY Transcription Factors: Integral Regulators of Defence Responses to Biotic Stress in Crops

Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Crops are continually challenged by biotic stresses, including fungal, bacterial and viral pathogens and insect pests, which cause substantial yield and quality losses worldwide. WRKY transcription factors constitute a plant‐specific and functionally diverse family that is central to immune regulation.
Dongjiao Wang, Ruize Zhang, Wenhui Zou, Yuanyuan Zhang, Wanying Zhao, Tingting Sun, Qibin Wu, Zheng Qing Fu, Youxiong Que   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isolation and Identification of Brown Rot Pathogenic Fungi in Gastrodia elata and Its Inhibitory Effect by Citral

Shipin gongye ke-ji
To elucidate the types of Gastrodia elata (G. elata) brown rot pathogenic fungi and the inhibitory effect of citral on them. Tissue isolation method, pathogenicity test, morphological observation and rDNA-ITS sequence analysis were employed to isolate ...
Xiufen WANG, Tianyu HUANG, Donglan LUO, yu ZHANG, Sen CAO   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of White and Brown Rot Decay on Changes of Wood Ultrastructure

BioResources, 2014
Fungal decay results in gradual decomposition of compounds of wood cell walls. Mass loss of wood is usually applied to characterize the decay. However, mechanisms of brown and white rot decay are significantly different, resulting in different ...
Piotr Witomski, Wiesław Olek, Jan T. Bonarski   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in Molecular Size Distribution of Cellulose during Attack by White Rot and Brown Rot Fungi [PDF]

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1992
The kinetics of cotton cellulose depolymerization by the brown rot fungus Postia placenta and the white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium were investigated with solid-state cultures. The degree of polymerization (DP; the average number of glucosyl residues per cellulose molecule) of ...
KLEMANLEYER, K, AGOSIN, E, CONNER, AH, KIRK, TK   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources