Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new online tool—reportedly the first of its kind for plant pathogens—to help researchers across the globe identify, detect, and monitor ...

Japanese apple rust, a disease affecting apple and crabapple trees, as well as junipers, left this spot on the leaves of a tree. The finger-like projections on the back of the leaf produce fungal ...

Researchers at UC Berkeley have found that the spread of a cypress tree-killing pathogen to six continents very likely originated in trees exported from California to Europe in the 1920s. The study, ...

In southern Italy, two varieties of olive trees, some infected with a disease called Xylella fastidiosa, a bacteria carried from tree to tree by a little bug, and some resisting the infection CHARLES ...

Researchers provide open-access tool to capture new data on a global plant destroyer, Phytophthora. A new online tool -- the first of its kind for plant pathogens -- will help researchers across the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An invasive plant pathogen that causes the disease known as sudden oak death has been discovered at a botanical garden and private home in Lincoln City, the Oregon Department ...

Summary Soil-borne pathogens are a key component of the belowground community because of the significance of their ecological and socio-economic impacts. However, very little is known about the ...

A research team has identified a key gene from the rubber tree that helps plants better defend themselves against both ...

Photo: Jeffrey B. Jones The dark spots on the leaves and fruit of the lemon tree are typical symptoms of citrus canker, which ...

The tree, an old bur oak, is located off 10th Ave SW in the pill hill area. Bur oaks are native the area, and neighbors told ...

My adopted hometown of Brighton on England’s south coast is best known as a party town. It grew from a fishing village to a chic resort thanks in part to a prince’s desire for a fun place to hang out ...

In southern Italy, two varieties of olive trees, some infected with a disease called Xylella fastidiosa, a bacteria carried from tree to tree by a little bug, and some resisting the infection CHARLES ...