We asked an expert about how breeders keep up with rapidly developing disease strains.
Grant from the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research aimed to increase crop resistance to the deadly pathogen.
Dutch vegetable seed company Rijk Zwaan, following years of research, is launching two romaine lettuce varieties for the U.S. market.
It’s no longer enough to prevent cosmetic damage. Thrips are now a known vector for impatiens necrotic spot virus.
Growers are grappling with a viral double whammy. One infects humans, the other plants.