If flower blight continues to be a problem, you can try growing blight-resistant varieties such as Kanjiro or Debutante. Q.

The discovery of a powerful "weapon" used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy major food crop staples, such as rice and corn, could offer new strategies to bolster global food security ...

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A fungal disease is ravaging strawberry plants, forcing at least one Ohio strawberry farm to cancel its 2025 crop. Will ...

Galls are abnormal growths on a part of the plant. They can be caused by bacteria, insects, mites and fungi. They can be on ...

Dollar spot is a foliar disease caused by fungi in the genus Clarireedia (formerly ... thick-walled masses of mycelium called stromata. The fungal mycelium enters plants primarily through cut leaf ...

“We are increasingly aware of the growing burden of plant disease caused by fungi and of our need to safeguard our calorie and commodity crops better,” commented Sarah Gurr, the fungal plant ...

Are future cases reported along the banks of rivers and streams? Plant pathogens cause diseases with a range of different symptoms. These symptoms can be used to identify the pathogen and then ...

The discovery of a powerful 'weapon' used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy major food crop staples, such as rice and corn, could offer new strategies to bolster global food security ...

Like humans, many fungi rely on plants as a food source ... to evade the immune system's natural defense mechanisms and cause disease in the crop. "In collaboration with colleagues at the ...