Tomato producers in South Australia impacted by a fruit virus hope to "rebuild their lives" as officials concede eradication ...

The bird flu virus remains a wild card that continues to threaten U.S. poultry and egg supplies while upping the ante with risk to human health.

New research reveals that cotton leafroll dwarf virus has been present in U.S. fields since at least 2006 -- well before its ...

The decision reverses a ruling that held families of dead Tyson workers couldn't sue for negligence in the meatpacking ...

Several genetic studies have attempted to explore the fungal factors involved in antiviral responses, but the exact genes and ...

As wheat growers anticipate another harvest pesky pests are also part of the 2025 picture, Dave Bergmeier writes in a covery ...

West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne virus first identified in Uganda in 1937. It belongs to the same viral family as dengue ...

New Jersey officials are asking people who went to last week’s Shakira concert to monitor for measles symptoms.

In the new study, the researchers used RNA silencing, a natural defence mechanism found in plants. When a virus infects a plant, it introduces double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), which is a red flag for ...

The basic idea is to fight the virus by directing the plant’s natural defences in the right direction. When a virus infects a plant, it uses the plant's cells as a host. The virus multiplies via ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy ... of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. It’s unclear whether these viruses pose a bigger threat ...