N.C. State researchers seek new treatments for strawberry diseases
Researchers at North Carolina State University will use funding from a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to help southern strawberry growers battle some common plant diseases. Anthracnose and...
View ArticlePrevention key to managing blueberry root rot
Fruit growers are often attracted to blueberry production because the plants have few disease problems. However one disease, Phytophthora root rot, can completely decimate blueberry plants. This...
View ArticleDisease resistance breakthrough could improve soybean profits
In Southeast Farm Press By Steve Leer , Purdue University Purdue University researchers have identified two genes within the soybean genome that are highly resistant to a soilborne pathogen that...
View ArticleResearch indicates new hosts for two major plant diseases
The Plant Management Network highlights two research projects this month that have uncovered new possible hosts for two deadly forest diseases: laurel wilt and Phytophthora ramorum. Vectored by the...
View ArticleRoot rot threatens traditional Christmas fir trees
From the Daily Reflector Jeff Pollard trudged up the steep slope and stopped at a desiccated, rust-brown tree. Two months earlier, workers had tagged this Fraser fir as ready for market. It was going...
View ArticleWebinar on Phytophthora in nurseries, April 28
A Systems Approach To Producing Healthy Container-Grown Plants Tuesday, April 28, 2015 10-11 a.m. PDT Native plant nurseries are becoming increasingly aware of the risk of harboring plant pathogens,...
View ArticleJuniper and cypress varieties hit hard by blight
by Adam Russell, Texas A&M AgriLife It’s been a tough 2017 so far for juniper and cypress varieties used in landscapes, as pests and diseases make the rounds, causing blight and tree die-offs....
View ArticleWondering what has been going on with your juniper and cypress trees?
by Adam Russell, Texas A&M AgriLife It’s been a tough 2017 so far for juniper and cypress varieties used in landscapes, as pests and diseases make the rounds, causing blight and tree die-offs....
View Article“Good-Guy” Fungus to Take on Killer of Oaks and Ornamental Crops
by Jan Suszkiw, USDA Agricultural Research Service A beneficial soil fungus could offer a biobased approach to battling Phytophthora ramorum, a pathogen that kills oaks, other tree species and woody...
View ArticleCrop protection and cybersecurity
by John Herlihy, Virginia Tech Plants feed us. Without them we’re goners. Through thousands of years of genetic modification by selective breeding, humans have developed the crops that keep us alive....
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