New pests are emerging as serious threats to vegetable crops, requiring growers to adapt their pest management strategies.

Crop Production Extension agent in the Cottonwood District (which includes Barton and Ellis counties) for K-St ...

A new study published in Science by a team of scientists across five continents led by King Abdullah University of Science ...

A new disease is plaguing cornfields across the Midwest. Phyllachora maydis is the fungus that causes a corn disease called ...

A decade after the emergence of beech leaf disease (BLD) in northeast Ohio, a new study by researchers at The Holden ...

In 2024, more cases of Septoria leaf spot were seen in Illinois fields and more verticillium wilt in tomatoes grown indoors.

Abstract: An early detection of tomato leaf diseases is crucial for ensuring high-quality and abundant crop production. There is a growing need for an Android application that can identify these ...

Leaf development describes the coordinated morphogenesis process by which a leaf is formed, and grows to become a mature photosynthetic organ. It starts from the initiation of a primordium in the ...

As per experts, consuming alkaline foods helps neutralize excess acidity in the body, reducing inflammation, preventing chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart diseases. The pH scale ranges ...

Many people believe that only active smokers are at risk of smoking-related diseases. However, passive smoking—breathing in secondhand smoke from others—can be just as harmful. When someone ...

Affected carrot plants look stunted and 'rusty'. The leaves are small and develop a reddish tinge, before turning yellow and dying. We found the best way to avoid this is to either cover the crop with ...