SubscribeA 1990 publication by John Taylor, professor of plant and microbial biology, hit a rare benchmark when it was cited for the 10,000th time, according to Google Scholar. The publication by Taylor and his colleagues provided a simple technique for detecting fungal genes and is used broadly to “barcode” fungi and plants.
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Fungus expert celebrates rare 10,000th citation
September 14, 2012:
Sierra frog die-off due to dehydrating fungus
April 26, 2012:
UC Berkeley ecologist Jamie Voyles and SF State professor Vance Vredenburg took blood samples from frogs in the Sierra Nevada to track the spread of the deadly chytrid fungus. They found that the fungus disrupts fluid and electrolyte balance in wild frogs, severely depleting the frogs’ sodium and potassium levels and causing cardiac arrest and death.
Tree-killing pathogen traced to California
September 1, 2011:
California has emerged as the top suspect as the source of a pathogen responsible for a global pandemic of cypress canker disease. The genetic detective work by researchers at UC Berkeley and in Italy spotlights the hazards of planting trees and other vegetation in regions where they are not native.
Fungal spores travel farther by surfing their own wind
September 27, 2010:
Many fungi, including the destructive Sclerotinia, spew thousands of spores at once to give the spores an extra boost into their host plants. UC Berkeley, Harvard and Cornell researchers now show how this works. The near-simultaneous ejection of spores reduces drag to nearly zero and creates a wind that carries some of the spores 20 times farther than a single spore could travel solo.
