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View article: Wasp intestinal cues drive yeast toward outbreeding strategies
Wasp intestinal cues drive yeast toward outbreeding strategies Open
Saccharomyces cerevisiae relies on social wasps (e.g. Vespa crabro, Polistes spp.) for dispersal and genetic mixing. Unlike most natural environments, wasp intestines provide conditions that support yeast survival, sporulation, spore germi…
View article: Fungal Identifier (FId): An Updated Polymerase Chain Reaction–Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Approach to Ease Ascomycetous Yeast Isolates’ Identification in Ecological Studies
Fungal Identifier (FId): An Updated Polymerase Chain Reaction–Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Approach to Ease Ascomycetous Yeast Isolates’ Identification in Ecological Studies Open
Culturomics has been temporarily exceeded by the advent of omics approaches such as metabarcoding and metagenomics. However, despite improving our knowledge of microbial population composition, both metabarcoding and metagenomics are not s…
View article: An In Vitro Protocol for Propagating Castanea sativa Italian Cultivars
An In Vitro Protocol for Propagating Castanea sativa Italian Cultivars Open
Castanea sativa cv. ‘Garrone Rosso’ and ‘Marrone di Castel del Rio’ are two of the most prized varieties in Italy due to their valuable and healthy nuts used for fresh consumption and in the confectionery industry. Despite the growing dema…
View article: First Report on Genome Editing via Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) in Castanea sativa Mill.
First Report on Genome Editing via Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) in Castanea sativa Mill. Open
Castanea sativa is an important tree nut species worldwide, highly appreciated for its multifunctional role, in particular for timber and nut production. Nowadays, new strategies are needed to achieve plant resilience to diseases, climate …