Q: My mirror leaf viburnum plants are losing their leaves. This is an established privacy hedge, and I don't want to lose this green wall between me and the neighbors. The leaves get spots and then ...

Mildews are the most common and most devastating diseases infecting cucumbers and other members of the cucurbit family of plants, which include squashes, pumpkins, zucchini and melons. There are two ...

Now is the time for growers to come to the aid of their cucurbits and rise against downy mildew. Downy mildew is a water mold that destroys plant foliage and is common on cucurbits, a family of plants ...

The most widely grown of all the herbs, basil, is also highly susceptible to downy mildew, which spreads quickly through spores dispersed by wind and can wipe out an entire field or greenhouse. The ...

The sky was not falling. Of that, Mary Hausbeck was certain. Yet everyone from backyard gardeners to large commercial plant growers were fretting three years ago about their wilting impatiens, many of ...

Question: Last year I had a problem with my impatiens. Most of my neighbors had the same problem. I would like to know if I should plant impatiens again and if you have any information on what was ...

If you have shady areas in your landscape, you are likely familiar with a very popular, reliable and commonly grown summer bedding plant called impatiens (Impatiens walleriana). These tender ...

The pickle is in peril. Each summer since the mid 2000s, Florida winds carry downy mildew to cucumber fields north. By summer's end, the disease reaches Michigan, leaving a trail of withered leaves ...

DOWNY mildew, Sclerospora maydis (Racib.) Butler, is a very destructive disease of corn in Indonesia and can wipe out whole fields. In 1964, the disease caused an average 90 per cent infection in ...