Researchers have found a gene in wheat that acts to promote rust fungal infection. Disrupting the function of this gene provides resistance to two of the most economically damaging diseases of wheat ...

New research using remote sensing technology has delivered promising results to scientists looking for innovative ways to help nurseries combat the spread of myrtle rust. Scientists at Crown Research ...

Backed by the Gates Foundation, the Wheat Disease Early Warning Advisory System is on the front lines, looking for early signals of crop-killing rust infections. When Dave Hodson walked through wheat ...

Q: Last year I learned I had rust on my serviceberry and hawthorn trees. What do I look for this year to prevent that? A: It’s hard to prevent rust infections on vulnerable plants unless you are ...

What you are describing sounds very much like the lawn of a friend I visited last week. I noticed that his front lawn showed stunted growth and thin areas along with a yellowish appearance. Even from ...

It’s that time of year where pines and other flowering plants are dusting the world with tons of yellow pollen, but if you see orange dust on a pine tree, that could be the sign of a damaging ...

Eighteen participating member countries will have something to smile about. Characterization of the resistance will be by morphology as well as through molecular marker assisted methods. The breeders ...

Stripe rust may last the entire wheat season, longtime USDA research plant pathologist Xianming Chen says. “It’s a combination of the growth stage and weather conditions,” Chen told Capital Press of ...

Timely scouting of soybean rust symptoms is a core component of successful management. Crops can suffer increasingly severe yield reduction the longer the fungus goes untreated. You can track the ...