Microbial communities in litter and soil are the functional link through which the tree species
occupying a site may alter rates of soil processes fundamental to nutrient cycling and carbon …

Mycorrhizal fungi constitute a considerable sink for carbon in most ecosystems. This carbon
is used for building extensive mycelial networks in the soil as well as for metabolic activity …

The mutualistic symbiosis involving Glomeromycota, a distinctive phylum of early diverging
Fungi, is widely hypothesized to have promoted the evolution of land plants during the …

Current sequencing methods produce large amounts of data, but genome assemblies
constructed from these data are often fragmented and incomplete. Incomplete and error …

Fundamental ecological research is both intrinsically interesting and provides the basic
knowledge required to answer applied questions of importance to the management of the …

Volvariella volvacea, the edible straw mushroom, is a highly nutritious food source that is
widely cultivated on a commercial scale in many parts of Asia using agricultural wastes (rice …

Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is one of the most destructive
diseases of wheat. Here we report a 110-Mb draft sequence of Pst isolate CY32, obtained …

Microbial plant pathogens have evolved a variety of strategies to enter plant hosts and
cause disease. In particular, biotrophic pathogens, which parasitize living plant tissue …

Understanding the mechanisms that underlie nutrient use efficiency and carbon allocation
along with mycorrhizal interactions is critical for managing croplands and forests soundly …

Mycorrhizal fungi interconnect two different kinds of environments, namely the plant roots
with the surrounding soil. This widespread coexistence of plants and fungi has important …