Fungal and bacterial diseases can quickly overtake ... large black spots on ripened fruit may indicate anthracnose fruit rot, while early blight in tomatoes can cause darkened rings on both ...

Homegrown tomatoes still warm from the sun are one of the joys of vegetable gardening. Unfortunately, tomatoes are not the most disease free vegetable we can grow. Sometimes the problems are the ...

Scientific testing is showing that disease-causing pathogens are adapting to farmers’ use of pesticides and fungicides on ...

Anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot of corn, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum graminicola, is a disease of worldwide importance. Yield losses can approach 40% and up to 80% lodging has been ...