An often-overlooked component of natural and human-driven disasters is their potential to affect plant health and thus food security at domestic and international scales. Most disasters have indirect ...
Founded in 1907 by Cornell mycologist former Prof. Herbert H. Whetzel, plant pathology, the Cornell Plant Pathology Herbarium, or CUP, is the fourth largest museum of fungi in North America, home to ...
University of Idaho scientists are using computer molecular modeling to develop new fungicides with novel modes of action to ...
In just 7 years, the Irish Potato Famine caused approximately one million people to starve to death and forced another estimated million to flee Ireland as refugees. A mold called Phytophthora ...
Calonectria leaf blight represents a serious phytopathological challenge affecting Eucalyptus plantations worldwide. Caused by a complex of Calonectria species – notably, Calonectria pseudoreteaudii – ...
Ralstonia solanacearum in a potato plant. The bacterium destroys the vascular system in plants, causing them to succumb to wilt disease. (Credit: Amilcar Sanchez) Scientists at the University of ...
A New Mexico State University researcher will lead a workshop on one of the most common plant pathogens during the 2025 New Mexico Chile Conference in February. Soum Sanogo, a professor of fungal ...
The Forest and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) at the University of Pretoria is leading research into plant pathogens and pests. Plants provide food, feed, and fibre, and maintaining plant ...
A destructive plant pathogen has long puzzled scientists with its ability to move swiftly through crops and cause sudden, ...
Through a $769,792 grant from the National Science Foundation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientist Richard Wilson is continuing work to unravel the mysteries behind effectors—virulent proteins ...
The food we eat. The fibers we wear. The resources we use to cure, build, cultivate, fuel and sustain the planet — much of it comes from plants. At the University of Wyoming, we offer a wide-ranging, ...
A new study has identified Aegilops cylindrica, a wild grass closely related to wheat, as a powerful genetic reservoir for resistance against the devastating fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici—the ...
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