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Canker disease in eucalyptus in the Basque Country

The expansion of rapid growth plantations such as those of eucalyptus came about in order to meet the needs of the growing paper pulp industry. Blights and diseases arose as one of the main threats to...

Agricultural and Forestry Science |

Fungal map of mutations key to increasing enzyme production for bioenergy use

Trichoderma reesei's makeover is due in part to scientific explorations that led to the development of mutant fungal strains that produce large quantities of biomass-degrading enzymes.Now...

Life Sciences |

US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute announces new genome sequencing projects

In the continuing effort to tap the vast, unexplored reaches of the earth's microbial and plant domains for bioenergy and environmental applications, the DOE Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has ...

Life Sciences |

A fungus that produces biofuels from plants

The results, published online on the Nature biotechnology (1) website, show that only a few genes are responsible for the fungus's enzymatic activity. They offer new avenues for the fabrication o...

Life Sciences |

Fighting pod pests and diseases by exploiting the merits of wild cocoa trees from French Guiana

In every production zone worldwide, cocoa trees are faced with pests and diseases that can wipe out entire harvests. To protect their crops, farmers often use costly, polluting chemicals or labour-int...

Agricultural and Forestry Science |

Turning fungus into fuel

A spidery fungus with a voracious appetite for military uniforms and canvas tents could hold the key to improvements in the production of biofuels, a team of government, academic and industry research...

Life Sciences |

Hissing cockroaches are popular, but they also host potent mold allergens

But the giant insects also have one unfortunate characteristic: Their hard bodies and feces are home to many mold species that could be triggering allergies in the kids and adults who handle the bugs,...

Life Sciences |

Comparative genome analysis of fungi brings new knowledge to develop protein production

VTT's Research Scientist Mikko Arvas presents his doctoral thesis on 19 October at 12 at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He compared in his thesis the genomes of mould and yeast fungi. He al...

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