The research by Sharandeep Singh Chahal, a doctoral student in horticulture, highlights the damage caused to the popular zoysiagrass, widely used on lawns, athletic fields and golf courses.

An international research team has uncovered a surprising way compartments within cells work together to defend themselves ...

E376,Causal Agent Beech leaf disease (BLD) is caused by an invasive nematode Litylenchus crenatae subsp. mccannii (Lcm; Figure 1). Nematodes are microscopic roundworms. Most nematodes are free-living, ...

Convolutional neural networks have demonstrated state-of-the-art performance in image classification and various other computer vision tasks. Plant disease detection is an important area of deep ...

Food plants as adjuvant medicines: a review of protective effects and clinical potential in alcoholic liver disease ...

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is launching a multi-institutional study to develop and evaluate systems that deliver treatments to trees affected by citrus greening disease ... Ph.D., AgriLife Research ...

A widely-used agricultural chemical sprayed on fruits and vegetables to prevent fungal disease is also killing beneficial ...

Looking for a plant to help you fill those tough to manage spots in the drier and shadier parts of the garden? Here are three shade perennials to try.

Last week, we discussed tomato diseases. This week, we will cover pests just as destructive: insects. Damage to plants via insects, animals, or harsh environmental conditions can leave open wounds ...

A major new study has found that people who eat more plant-based foods rich in phytosterols, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, and wholegrains, have a lower risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

In recent years, the severity of plant diseases caused by plant pathogenic fungi and viruses has been on the rise. However, there is a limited availability of pesticide chemicals in the market for ...