The availability of public genomic resources can greatly assist biodiversity assessment,
conservation, and restoration efforts by providing evidence for scientifically informed …

Like all other plants, trees are vulnerable to attack by a multitude of pests and pathogens.
Current control measures for many of these diseases are limited and relatively ineffective …

The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Most plant pathogens exhibit host specificity but when former barriers to infection break
down, new diseases can rapidly emerge. For a number of fungal diseases, there is …

The fungus Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici causes wheat powdery mildew disease. Here, we
study its spread and evolution by analyzing a global sample of 172 mildew genomes. Our …

In this review, we argue that there is much to be learned by transferring knowledge from
research on lignocellulose degradation to that on plastic. Plastic waste accumulates in the …

Forest health worldwide is impacted by many invasive alien pathogens and pests (IAPPs)
that cause significant harm, with severe economic losses and environmental alterations …

The world's forests face unprecedented threats from invasive insects and pathogens that can
cause large irreversible damage to the ecosystems. This threatens the world's capacity to …

Ash dieback, caused by the invasive fungal pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, has
become a serious threat to ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) and ash-related ecosystems in Europe …

Our goal is to develop a biocontrol agent using endophytic fungi to control ash dieback, a
disease that endangers the very existence of the European ash, Fraxinus excelsior. Such a …