Wood ants produce a potent antimicrobial agent by applying formic acid on tree-collected resin. [PDF]
, 2017 Wood ants fight pathogens by incorporating tree resin with antimicrobial properties into their nests. They also produce large quantities of formic acid in their venom gland, which they readily spray to defend or disinfect their nest.
Brütsch, T. +4 more
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Vegetative incompatibility and potential involvement of a mycovirus in the Italian population of Geosmithia morbida [PDF]
, 2015 Studies carried out during an Italian outbreak of the Thousand Cankers Disease of walnut, demonstrated that non-coalescing cankers on host plants, separated by equidistant uninfected zones, were associated with incompatible strains of Geosmithia morbida.
Berton, Valeria +3 more
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Beyond the water column: aquatic hyphomycetes outside their preferred habitat [PDF]
, 2016 Aquatic hyphomycetes have adapted to running waters by their uncommon conidial shape, which facilitates dispersal as well as adherence to plant substrata.
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Synergism between fungal enzymes and bacterial antibiotics may enhance biocontrol [PDF]
, 2002 The interactions between biocontrol fungi and bacteria may play a key role in the natural process of biocontrol, although the molecular mechanisms involved are still largely unknown.
FOGLIANO, VINCENZO +3 more
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Species- and organ-specificity in endophytes colonizing healthy and declining Mediterranean oaks
Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 2012 The specificity of fungal endophytes to trees has generally been investigated on allopatric populations. In the present study, specificity was investigated on Quercus cerris and Quercus pubescens growing in sympatry at the same site, to examine host ...
Salvatore Moricca +2 more
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Pine Pitch Canker and Insects: Relationships and Implications for Disease Spread in Europe [PDF]
, 2019 Producción CientíficaThe fungal pathogen Fusarium circinatum (Nirenberg and O’ Donnell) is the causal agent of pine pitch canker (PPC) disease, which seriously affects conifer species in forests and nurseries worldwide.
Altunisik, Aliye +14 more
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Disease symptoms and fungi occurring on overground organs of Quercus petraea
Acta Mycologica, 2014 The observatins of Quercus petraea trees growing in mixed forests of Wielkopolska National Park and Wolin National Park were carried out in 1994 and 1995.
Krystyna Przybył
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Habitat selection of moose in Sweden in managed boreal forests with Pinus contorta and P. sylvestris
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Human land use can take advantage of using exotic species to increase financial benefits. However, the use of exotic tree species might affect ecosystem functioning, potentially including the habitat use and movement behaviour of animals, modifying their ecological impact, and interactions with human land use.
Maria Bolund +5 more
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New genera and species of coniferous twig-inhabiting Rhytismatales from China [PDF]
IMA FungusSpecies in the order Rhytismatales M.E. Barr ex Minter (Leotiomycetes, Ascomycota) develop on a wide range of host plants, but prefer conifers, such as species of Cupressaceae and Pinaceae.
Lan Zhuo +6 more
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Decreasing water availability reduces productivity in Swiss forests along an altitudinal gradient
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Forests are one of the most important terrestrial carbon sinks, but are increasingly under pressure due to drought, heat and the occurrence of extreme events. There are opposing longer term trends for European forest growth reported, and severe drought and disturbance ...
Sophia Etzold +8 more
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