
The fungus Laccaria bicolor, in green, is shown colonizing the root of a natural host Populus trichocarpa. A better understanding of plant-fungi symbioses could lead to engineering plant-fungal associations and improve nitrogen and nutrition uptake along with plants’ resistance to drought and pathogens, according to an Oak Ridge National Laboratory-led research team. (Photo credit: Jessy Labbe/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, and Kevin Cope/University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Aug 01, 2019