A deep, rich brown color is just what you want to see when you’re munching on a chocolate candy bar. On the other hand, it’s the last color you want to find on soybean stems. Chocolate brown is a ...

A disease that is wreaking havoc on Queensland's precious Bunya Pine trees has now forced the closure of a popular mountain trail in the south-east Queensland hinterland. The microscopic water mould ...

Pythium, Phytophthora, Fusarium and Rhizoctonia are soil borne fungal pathogens that infect soybeans as seedling blights. Soybean seedling diseases like these accounted for nearly 6 million bushels ...

The heterothallic species of the agricultural pest Phytophthora use mating hormones α1 and α2 to regulate their sexual reproduction. Here we describe the absolute stereostructure of the second mating ...

Grass trees can live for centuries, slowly inching upwards year after year, but it only takes a month or so for them to die from the introduced plant disease Phytophthora dieback. A "biodiversity ...

Oregon State University Extension, in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture and Pacific University, is offering a specialized workshop on pathogen management for nurseries.

As you nibble on a chocolate truffle or bite into a chocolate-dipped strawberry on Valentine’s Day, consider the elongated, ribbed pods of the cacao tree, which made that sweet treat possible. A group ...

Silver nanoparticles produced with an extract of wormwood can stop several strains of the fungus phytophthora dead in its tracks. Deep in the soil, underneath your pretty trees, shrubs, plants and ...

Seasonal fluctuation in feeder root infections (RI) and in inoculum density (ID) of Phytophthora spp. were studied in three citrus orchards of Apulia and Basilicata, Italy. Soil and root samples were ...