Fungal footage fosters foresight into plant, animal disease

(Texas A&M AgriLife Communications) Mold and mildew may be doomed. Researchers are closer to understanding how these and other fungi grow.

That's important because some 70 percent of the major disease-causing organisms are fungi. Dr. Brian Shaw, Texas AgriLife Research plant pathologist, is pushing a revolutionary concept called the "apical recycling model." Understanding how fungi grow can help scientists find ways to stop them.