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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...

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Prevention 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...

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Disease 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...

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Research 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...

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Root 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...

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Webinar 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,...

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Juniper 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....

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Wondering 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....

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“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...

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Crop 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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