Scientists from Rutgers University and Brookhaven National Laboratory collaborated on this ongoing research and published a ...

With the recent thunderstorms, hail, and higher temperatures, growers may experience widespread bacterial disease problems in ...

Q: Last year, the cactus plants in our neighbor's yard developed a disease where white stuff that looked like snow was coming out of the spine pores, and the main branches were turning yellow. Now, ...

Plants produce an astonishing variety of chemical substances. Most of these metabolites are involved in chemical ...

With warm, humid weather providing ideal conditions for bacteria, it's helpful to know how to spot common pests and diseases ...

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, we hear from a listener who has Marfan syndrome and dive into the complexities of the disease. Then we talk about pathogens that eat — or infiltrate! — plant ...

The biological pathogen federal authorities accuse two Chinese nationals of smuggling into the U.S. was not likely an act of ...

Modern agriculture faces threats from pathogens that suppress plant immunity. Furthermore, environmental changes and new global organism movement patterns are accelerating the emergence and spread of ...

Plant immunity articles from across Nature Portfolio. Atom; RSS Feed; Definition. Plant immunity is the inherent or induced capacity of plants to withstand or ward off biological attack by pathogens.

Plants are masters at producing a huge variety of chemical substances to protect themselves against animals and pathogens. Among the hundreds of thousands of botanical compounds, many are ...

The area around Charleston, W.Va., has been brought to its knees by contaminated drinking water. Thousands of gallons of an industrial chemical used for treating coal, MCHM, leaked last week from ...

Fungicide resistance in plant pathogens has emerged as a critical ... not only challenges current disease management practices but also necessitates integrated strategies combining chemical, ...