It can be scary when your plants are sickly. Some diseases can be managed while others are detrimental, so it's important to ...

Every season brings a new slate of plant pathogens to our Florida lawns and gardens. Luckily, there are many tactics we can employ to help reduce their impact. Florida generally has a warm, humid ...

Plant pathogens, particularly those from the genera Dickeya and Pectobacterium, are the primary causal agents of soft rot diseases, which affect a wide range of economically important crops. These ...

AgriLife Research scientists in Dallas are leading research to strengthen plant immune receptors against changing disease ...

With the cool, wet weather comes the bane of gardeners — plant diseases. Diseases are generally bad news, whether it’s black spot on your roses, rust on your rhododendrons, downy mildew on your ...

A recent study has discovered and characterized secreted proteins from the pathogen Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum. These proteins, called effectors, offer clues into the manipulation tactics ...

An international research team led by Cologne-based plant scientist Professor Dr. Bart Thomma from the Institute for Plant ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new online tool—reportedly the first of its kind for plant pathogens—to help researchers across the globe identify, detect, and monitor ...

Biologists have discovered how a pathogenic fungus can bypass the immune system of plants. By releasing an 'effector' molecule, it avoids elimination at a critical stage in its reproduction cycle.

Grassland ecology represents one of the most critical fields for understanding biodiversity maintenance, climate regulation, and sustainable land ...

Scientists have discovered a type of purple-colored cannabis that appears to fight the widespread plant disease, which is called hop-latent viroid, or HLVd. HLVd damages cannabis plants and ...