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

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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 ...

Fungal disease neopestalotiopsis, or Neo-P, ravaging plants Welch Farms confirmed in comments on its Facebook post that the strawberry plant shortage is being caused by neopestalotiopsis ...

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