The University of Florida’s Plant Diagnostic Center recently received significant acknowledgement as the first ...

Agricultural experts are warning about a disease, sunblotch viroid (ASBVd), that can severely stunt avocado tree growth.

An often-overlooked component of natural and human-driven disasters is their potential to affect plant health and thus food security at domestic and international scales. Most disasters have indirect ...

Researchers at Purdue spent years working with NASA engineers to figure out how to grow crops on Mars and beyond. Now the ...

Tar spot is a relatively new disease to the Dakotas and this year has become more widespread. But in South Dakota, the worst ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) confirmed the first North American detection of sunflower broomrape in ...

Calonectria leaf blight represents a serious phytopathological challenge affecting Eucalyptus plantations worldwide. Caused by a complex of Calonectria species – notably, Calonectria pseudoreteaudii – ...

New Mexico State University students will host a free plant diagnosis clinic from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at the Fabián García Research Center, 113 W. University Ave., near the Las Cruces ...

Scientists have discovered that erucamide, a plant-produced fatty acid amide, disrupts the function of the bacterial injectosome—a syringe-like nanomachine that some pathogenic bacteria use to help ...

Donna Graham, Walter Bottje, Bruce Ahrendsen, Lauri Apple, Lance Cheramie, Billy Hargis, Wayne Kuenzel, Casey Owens and Nathan Kemper are among the faculty and staff reaching milestones of 20 years or ...

The microbial product works as part of an integrated strategy to address SCN, the No. 1 yield-reducing pest problem in soybeans. Farmers routinely see yields cut by 5 bushels or more per acre in ...