Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new online tool—reportedly the first of its kind for plant pathogens—to help researchers across the globe identify, detect, and monitor ...

Researchers are hunting down the origins and extent of the outbreak of a new Eastern Filbert Blight strain that overcomes the disease resistance bred into Oregon hazelnut trees. Meanwhile, farmers are ...

Japanese apple rust, a disease affecting apple and crabapple trees, as well as junipers, left this spot on the leaves of a tree. The finger-like projections on the back of the leaf produce fungal ...

Researchers provide open-access tool to capture new data on a global plant destroyer, Phytophthora. A new online tool -- the first of its kind for plant pathogens -- will help researchers across the ...

A deadly oak disease that also affects redwoods and other trees has spread to a far Northern California tribe's lands.

In southern Italy, two varieties of olive trees, some infected with a disease called Xylella fastidiosa, a bacteria carried from tree to tree by a little bug, and some resisting the infection CHARLES ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An invasive plant pathogen that causes the disease known as sudden oak death has been discovered at a botanical garden and private home in Lincoln City, the Oregon Department ...

Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) is a serious foliar disease impacting a wide range of pine species throughout the globe. The disease is principally associated with the fungal pathogens Dothistroma ...

My adopted hometown of Brighton on England’s south coast is best known as a party town. It grew from a fishing village to a chic resort thanks in part to a prince’s desire for a fun place to hang out ...

The distinctive scent of fir trees is appealing to consumers and may also help repel pests and deer. UC Davis biologists are taking part in a new project to study how trees make these scents and to ...

In southern Italy, two varieties of olive trees, some infected with a disease called Xylella fastidiosa, a bacteria carried from tree to tree by a little bug, and some resisting the infection CHARLES ...