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 ...

For two years in the row, my grapes have died. The leaves get rusty, the fruit slowly becomes black and some fruit get white powdery fuzz. I've treated it the past, but it doesn't seem to help. What ...

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 ...

Your description indicates that you have had downy mildew on your impatiens. Downy mildew of impatiens has been observed in the United States since about 1994 but became more widespread and ...

Impatiens have long been the most popular shade-loving annual for the Kansas City market. But the arrival of downy mildew to the area is causing us to rethink the use of this old-time favorite. It’s ...

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 ...

One of the most important factors for lima bean growers in Delaware and throughout the world is the ability to accurately measure and forecast disease occurrence in their fields during the growing ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Joe Biermacher is taking extreme measures to keep his hop yard healthy. He is ripping out plants hit hard by downy mildew, a fungus that infects the plants and can kill them or stunt ...

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 ...