Fire blight is a bacterial disease that affects a number of fruit trees. Learn how to identify the disease quickly and give ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

As spring approaches, farmers across the state prepare for potato season — the planting process begins after the last hard ...

Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) is a disease of corn caused by the fungus ... Within lesions spores are produced that can be rain or wind dispersed up the plant and to adjoining areas. As the growing ...

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, ...

Fusarium head blight needs more than one angle of attack, researcher warns. Farmers will want to get everything from genetics ...

The international Healthy Crops consortium has developed an innovative strategy to combat the disease bacterial blight (for short ... spread of different crop plant varieties, we are increasingly ...