On this #WorldEnvironmentDay and every day, let’s remember the interconnected nature of the climate and biodiversity crises, and act for both.
“There are many options for action, which can be urgently deployed to address the interconnected global crises through ‘nexus approaches’.”
—Luthando Dziba
Do forest fungi prefer to grow in/on specific substrates?
Two new papers, including one in Fungal Ecology, examine substrate specificity of boreal forest fungi.
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@tedersoo.bsky.social @drhyfe.bsky.social @sundymaurice.bsky.social
Mon interview par Elise De Grave pour La Semaine, à propos des menaces qui pèsent sur les forêts lorraines (et européennes en général).
#ForestHealth #TreeHealth #ForestPathology
www.lasemaine.fr/sante-enviro...
New study out by Fjelde, @sundymaurice.bsky.social et al.
Ecosystem Sequencing of the Boreal Forest Mycobiome Reveals High Substrate Specificity
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And an afternoon of team-building with a #Kinball tournament!
A funded PhD position for studying wheat pathogen adaptation to climate factors is open in my lab
@inrae-bioger.bsky.social @univparissaclay.bsky.social
in collab. @jki-research.bsky.social (Germany), with a start planned for autumn 2026 ▶️ eng-bioger.versailles-saclay.hub.inrae.fr/teams-and-pl...
#Russia is increasing pressure on #Armenia in response to its rapprochement with the EU. New example illustrating “Plant #biosecurity and #phytosanitary regimes under threat from instrumentalization dynamics”. My analysis here, more relevant than ever ▶️ dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
DOSSIER. À Champenoux, près de Nancy, le Dr Pascal Frey dirige l’une des deux seules équipes françaises spécialisées dans les maladies forestières. Directeur de recherche à l’Inrae, pathologiste fores...
Fungi are key players in nearly all ecosystems, contributing to ecological dynamics through diverse ecosystem services. They are versatile and can have complex life cycles across hosts or substrates.....
The predictability is obvious.
Russia restricts flower imports from Armenia, while a team of the Russian Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance is in Armenia to conduct joint inspections at Armenian companies producing plant- and animal-based products.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/05/21/r...
Russia’s agricultural watchdog announced Wednesday a temporary restriction on all flower imports originating from or transiting through Armenia, a move that comes amid fraying relations between the tw...