Two hundred years later, biology professor Manuel Ospina-Giraldo is still thinking about the Irish Potato Famine. Or, the ...

Blackleg disease, caused by the pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans, is common in canola across the Prairies. It can cause very ...

Pulwama, Apr 25: Researchers from the Division of Plant Biotechnology at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences ...

Neopestalotiopsis spreads rapidly in cool and wet conditions, and infected plants should be destroyed and not composted ... Traditionally, the fungus is thought to be a weak pathogen that infects ...

Researchers have developed a new stick-on sensor that provides early detection of plant stress to help gardeners and farmers.

Like every pathogen-host relationship, plants and pathogens have co-evolved ... of programmed cell dead to prevent the spreading of the infection. Finally, SAR acts as a long-lasting, broad ...

Recent studies have shown that tiny pieces of plastics can make bees more susceptible to bacteria and viruses.

When pathogens infect plants or people, changes begin almost immediately to the metabolism of the host. Carolyn Slupsky, UC Davis assistant professor with a split appointment in the Department of ...

“We know from research that soybean cyst nematode (SCN) can interact with red crown rot. In fields with a high SCN ...

New plant diseases are becoming increasingly prevalent, requiring growers to adopt more proactive management strategies.

For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive—and thrive—in human and animal tissues, even within otherwise hostile cells that are part of ...