The technology could transform how growers protect their crops by detecting plant diseases very early on. But can those tools be affordable? You specialize in studying plant diseases, so let’s dive ...

Slippery, drippy goop makes Ralstonia bacteria devastating killers of plants, causing rapid wilting in tomato, potato, and a ...

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 ...

University of Delaware graduate students Lauren Irwin, Shiv Singla and Adelaide Mullin planned and organized the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences’ first Carroll Symposium of Plant Pathology. The ...

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 ...

Growers in the Red River Valley soon will have to bid farewell to one of their most dedicated plant pathologists when Charla Hollingsworth leaves for her new post as national science program leader ...

Plant pathologist Eric Branch’s interest in sugarbeets is rooted in gardening. The sugarbeet specialist for North Dakota State University Extension and University of Minnesota Extension grew up on a ...

Growers in Kansas have detected corn leafhoppers in fields across the state, said Kansas State University plant pathologist Rodrigo Onofre, noting they transmit a devastating pathogen called corn ...

As an Extension Plant Pathologist, I direct the UW Plant Diagnostic Laboratory and conduct applied research on disease identification and management for agronomic and horticultural crops. The Plant ...

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 ...

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 ...