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Early cadmium responses in developing oat caryopses indicate an unexpected regulatory network linked to low grain cadmium accumulation

Heavy-metal accumulation in cereal grains is becoming critical for European food safety, regulation and plant breeding. In the EU, Cd maximum levels in certain foodstuffs have been revised, including lowering or establishing limits for relevant food categories, while new maximum levels for nickel (Ni) have recently been introduced for several foodstuffs, including cereal categories, with limits…

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Molecular phylogeny and ecological diversity of endolichenic fungi inhabiting Acarospora schleicheri (Ach.) A. Massal, isolated from a Chilean Andean zone

Scientific Reports, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-56022-6 Molecular phylogeny and ecological diversity of endolichenic fungi inhabiting Acarospora schleicheri (Ach.) A.

  • Study focuses on endolichenic fungi of Acarospora schleicheri in Chilean Altiplano
  • Molecular phylogenetics identifies Dothideomycetes and Eurotiomycetes strains
  • Novel records of Monascus sp. and Sporobolomyces reniformis found on lichen thallus

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