Tomatoes are one of the easiest crops to grow, as they are low-maintenance and high yielding, but gardeners need to keep a ...

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Rainy spring weather will help blight spores spread fast, but there is a simple and natural gardening method that will ...

more and more genes are being identified with a plant's ability to defend itself against disease (see Powell et al. 2006). In order to enhance blight-tolerance in the American chestnut tree, we are ...

To prevent late blight, it’s important to eliminate the conditions that cause it. That means controlling the humidity level ...

The initial symptoms appear in early spring and may resemble winter injury. Patches of wilted, discolored spots appear on the ...

Tomato blight is caused by a fungus-like organism which affects leaves and fruit in warm, wet weather. The Royal ...

Sclerotinia stem blight (SSB) is common on snap and lima beans and appears ... From a distance SSB is rather non-descript. Diseased plants are typically found in patches, often in wet or shaded areas ...

It was at the tail end of last season that monitoring by Fight Against Blight (FAB) confirmed the EU46 strain had been found ...

gives these plants the ability to fight fungal infections. It protects the tree by breaking down a toxin created by the blight fungus. The OxO gene in Darling chestnuts was isolated from wheat, ...