A deep, rich brown color is just what you want to see when you’re munching on a chocolate candy bar. On the other hand, it’s the last color you want to find on soybean stems. Chocolate brown is a ...

A disease that is wreaking havoc on Queensland's precious Bunya Pine trees has now forced the closure of a popular mountain trail in the south-east Queensland hinterland. The microscopic water mould ...

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, weather has been a passion for Adam for as long as he can remember! Whether it was thunderstorms or winter storms, Adam has always been geeking out. After ...

Pythium, Phytophthora, Fusarium and Rhizoctonia are soil borne fungal pathogens that infect soybeans as seedling blights. Soybean seedling diseases like these accounted for nearly 6 million bushels ...

Grass trees can live for centuries, slowly inching upwards year after year, but it only takes a month or so for them to die from the introduced plant disease Phytophthora dieback. A "biodiversity ...

The heterothallic species of the agricultural pest Phytophthora use mating hormones α1 and α2 to regulate their sexual reproduction. Here we describe the absolute stereostructure of the second mating ...

A root rot disease of cultivated tobacco called yellow stunt has been observed in the burley tobacco production areas of Brazil since the early 1990s. Root infecting fungi and straminipiles were ...

Oregon State University Extension, in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture and Pacific University, is offering a specialized workshop on pathogen management for nurseries.

Five trials were carried out under greenhouse conditions to test the efficacy of spray programmes based on biocontrol agents, phosphite-based fertilizers and a chemical inducer of resistance ...

As you nibble on a chocolate truffle or bite into a chocolate-dipped strawberry on Valentine’s Day, consider the elongated, ribbed pods of the cacao tree, which made that sweet treat possible. A group ...

Silver nanoparticles produced with an extract of wormwood can stop several strains of the fungus phytophthora dead in its tracks. Deep in the soil, underneath your pretty trees, shrubs, plants and ...