The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service is calling for public help in its efforts to protect the Bunya Mountains National ...

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

Don't miss out on the headlines from South Burnett. Followed categories will be added to My News. Phytophthora, which means “plant destroyer” in Greek, is a group of soil borne pathogens ...

BENGALURU: PEPPER, which has already seen a 40% price surge over the past two years, is now expected to touch Rs 900–1,100 ...

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As tempting as it is to move climate change to the back burner of concerns while the White House shockingly attacks so many ...

Gardeners will encounter fungi that cause all sorts of problems in fruit (fruit rots), in roots (Phytophthora), and in stems and on leaves. Often preventative gardening will reduce the problems ...

Then, in 1844 or 1845, the blight struck. Its cause was Phytophthora infestans, “a fungus-like water mould,” Scanlan writes, which “probably arrived in Europe [from America] in a shipment of ...

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