Rourke's World of Science ENCYCLOPEDIA Volume 3 - Plant & Fungi Life
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- Ericaceous plants: a natural inoculum. COCKSHULL, KEN // Horticulture Week;7/22/2011, p24
The article addresses the benefits of mycorrhizal fungi which enhances the growth of ericaceous plants.
- The rot sets in. Cohen, Philip // New Scientist;11/01/97, Vol. 156 Issue 2106, p12
Reports on the injection of fungi into the heartwood of healthy trees to accelerate the natural process of parasitic fungal infection in the United States. Harvesting of trees showing the first signs of fungal infection in the country; Trial of the technique in several forests in the country;...
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- Killer fungi feed insects to plants. // New Scientist;6/30/2012, Vol. 214 Issue 2871, p16
The article cites a 2012 report in the journal "Science" regarding entomology research by Michael Bidochka and colleagues at Brock University in St Catharines, Ontario, Canada, investigating the relationship between the insect-killing fungi Metarhizium and nutrient uptake in plants.
