Tag: fungi
Study to help region-specific management of dermatophytosis
The researchers study the available scientific literature of dermatophytosis in India over the last 80 years to understand its prevalence in different parts of the country
Scientists identify a gene that could help increase rice productivity
Scientists at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research’s Bengaluru-based National Centre for Biological Sciences have identified a protein that has a critical role in the holding of the grains in the panicles of rice crops......................
Researchers devise a new method to eschew stubble burning
Scientists at Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) have come up with a solution to tackle the problem. They have developed PUSA Decomposer, which are in the form of capsules made by extracting fungi strains that help the paddy straw...............
Mangrove fungi isolated from India’s West Coast munches on polythene
Researchers led by Dr Avinash Ade at Savitribai Phule Pune University have identified certain fungi with high polythene degradation potential from mangrove rhizosphere soil.....................
IIT Hyderabad researchers find Antarctic fungi that could help in treating...
This work could lead to development of hemotherapeutic treatment methods that have fewer side effects than the existing methods...……………..
First global survey of soil genomics reveals a war between fungi...
The results from a recent global study show that bacteria and fungi are in constant competition for nutrients and produce an arsenal of antibiotics to gain an advantage over one another...................
Ethnic fermented foods reveal microbial diversity
Researchers used next-generation sequencing technique to develop an accurate profile of fungal and other microbial communities present in North-Eastern delicacies, marcha and thiat...........