Great hopes are placed on a new way to combat plant diseases, using RNA to turn off genes that the pathogen needs to initiate ...

more and more genes are being identified with a plant's ability to defend itself against disease (see Powell et al. 2006). In order to enhance blight-tolerance in the American chestnut tree, we are ...

Anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot of corn ... Lipps, P.E., Survival of Colletotrichum graminicola in infested corn residues in Ohio. Plant Disease, 1983. 67(1): p. 102-104. 2. Keller, N.J. and G.C ...

News broke late last week that a fungal disease that kills Cavendish banana plants has been detected in Latin America for the first time. A strain of the Fusarium fungus, which causes so-called ...

Learn how to protect your plants from lethal diseases with proactive strategies. Discover tips to safeguard your garden and landscape.

A large amount of crop loss occurs each year during both pre and post-harvest stages due to pathogen infestation that involves a wide variety of pathogens ranging from viroids and viruses to ...

In the meantime, we encourage you to plant wild-type (non-transgenic) American chestnuts. Although they are still susceptible to the blight, these are wonderful ... present any danger to people with ...

An international collaboration has announced a public-private partnership to develop high-yielding pest-and disease-resistant cassava, maize and potatoes to benefit more than 500,000 farm households ...

Great hopes are placed on a new way to combat plant diseases, using RNA to turn off genes that the pathogen needs to initiate ...