21st August 2019

By Anne Manning at Colorado State University. Plants, like humans and animals, have over millions of years evolved complex immune systems …

19th August 2019

In December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). The year is a once …

19th August 2019

Written by Juniper Kiss. Powdery mildews are common obligate biotrophic fungal pathogens of many crops and wild plants worldwide. Their …

18th August 2019

Published on Eureka Alert In a Plants, People, Planet study, researchers investigated the evolution of the two most prevalent orchid viruses using …

14th August 2019

The International Year of Plant Health 2020 (IYPH2020) will see a number of activities coordinated or sponsored by the ISPP. …

14th August 2019

Published by the Royal Society of Biology. It is not enough for the UK to be a possible destination; we …

14th August 2019

Published by National Geographic. A fungus that devastates banana plants has now arrived in Latin America, the Colombian government confirms. …

13th August 2019

A paper by Daniel F. Klessig et al. titled “Nematode ascaroside enhances resistance in a broad spectrum of plant–pathogen systems” …

12th August 2019

Published by the APS. Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as greening, is one of the most serious citrus plant diseases …

10th August 2019

From the AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, published on Eureka Alert Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) caused by tomato yellow leaf …

9th August 2019

AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY St. Paul, MN (August 2019)–Soilborne pathogens are a major issue worldwide as they can infect a broad …

6th August 2019

Published by Matt Shipman at NCU Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed portable technology that allows farmers to …

3rd August 2019

“Dangerous Pastures: Deadly Grass Puts Horses at Risk” – Such dire warnings on the websites of horse owners and horse …

1st August 2019

CABI has led an international team of scientists who strongly suggest that the global trade of forest tree seeds is …

31st July 2019

The annual general meeting for the British Society for Plant Pathology will be held on Monday, 2nd September at 12.40pm.  …

26th July 2019

In a long-feared development, an extremely damaging banana disease has apparently reached Latin America. Late last week, the Colombian Agricultural …

26th July 2019

An outbreak of Leptosphaeria leaf spot (Pestalotiopsis spp) that has hit many rubber plantations in Indonesia is expected to significantly reduce …

17th July 2019

A new technique that uses microneedle patches to collect DNA from plant tissues in one minute, rather than the hours …

15th July 2019

Recent news alerts have been sent out by Purdue Extension, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and other groups regarding …

13th July 2019

Insects and diseases that damage crops are probably present in many places thought to be free of them, new research …

11th July 2019

Virginia Tech researchers discovered that wheat plants “sneezing” off condensation can vastly impact the spread of spore-borne diseases, such as …

9th July 2019

In the same manner that nations collaborate to detect and stop human pandemics, a global surveillance system for crop diseases …

17th June 2019

A team of researchers from the University of Oxford, Fera Science, Sylva Foundation and the Woodland Trust has calculated the …

15th June 2019

The Annual Reviews new Future of Food special collection features 20 review articles examining production and policy and the impact …