Disease Control
Learn how a $3.95 million grant from USDA is being used to develop effective management strategies for blueberry fruit rot.
While there is no simple solution to improving uptake of the nutrient, ‘Honeycrisp’ growers have various options.
Successful chemigation via drip. Flutriafol applied as a drench product benefits in the battle against malady.
Successful early detection could provide grape growers with up to one year of warning to intervene.
Good data can help you ID problems before they overwhelm your production.
Grant from the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research aimed to increase crop resistance to the deadly pathogen.
Fighting fire with fire, study reveals how fungus delivers RNA weaponry.
Cooler-than-normal temperatures this spring have led to multiple problems for producers.
Rising fertilizer costs and increased incidence of bitter pit topped the list of 2022 production challenges.
Deal is part of Lavie Bio’s strategy to cooperate with the world’s leading agritech companies, enabling its products to reach farmers worldwide.
When asked about the most problematic pest problems this past season, wildlife and diseases actually edge out insects.
Why spraying for this plant pathogen doesn’t help.
Producers spent 2022 battling many nuisances, including fire blight, spotted wing drosophila, birds, and deer. Some succeeded. Some didn’t.
Recent rain events have brown rot on the rise. NC State Extension specialist David Ritchie has guidance for growers in the fight.
The site from Emerging Viruses in Cucurbits Working Group includes images and key facts about new viruses for your English- and Spanish-speaking crews.
Researchers identify potential genes that could be introduced to enhance resistance to Xylella fastidiosa, the bacterium that causes Pierce’s Disease.
Researchers say rare plant disease outbreak of Phytophthora syringae similar to El Niño-influenced events during the 1990s.
Although there are not yet any confirmed positives for tomato brown rugose fruit virus on seeds that have been deployed to date, precautions being taken.
Why might fumigated strawberry fields still be susceptible to the disease? The answer could be blowing in the wind.