Plants protect themselves against attacks by microorganisms in various ways. In some circumstances at least, it turns out that they enlist the help of mutualistic fungi in defence of the home front.

If you walk through a forest and look down, you might think you're stepping on dead leaves, twigs and soil. In reality, ...

These fungi are endophytes, meaning they live within plants, often in a mutually beneficial arrangement. "To be a plant is to live in a fungal world," said Betsy Arnold, ...

In plants, beneficial bacteria and fungi are endophytes. Scientists have known for decades that plants like legumes (peas, beans, and lentils) have beneficial bacteria in nodules attached to their ...

The plants containing the modified endophytes could absorb five to ten times more heavy metals from polluted soil. Plants containing both the native and the altered endophytes grew more ...

The plants treated with endophytes had six times the survival rate as those without. It's literally the difference between life and death." Fungi help plants use less water To Murphy, ...

Plants make popping sounds that are undetectable to the human ear, according to recordings made in a new study — and they make more sounds when thirsty or under other kinds of stress.. The ...

Police search the desert trying to track down the poachers selling Conophytums to collectors worldwide, threatening to wipe out rare plants in the wild. By Tommy Trenchard STEINKOPF, South Africa ...

Plants also experience many kinds of stress, such as those brought on by extreme temperatures or salinity, and may not always react in the same way, Anne Visscher, a plant biologist at the Royal ...