What you are describing sounds very much like the lawn of a friend I visited last week. I noticed that his front lawn showed stunted growth and thin areas along with a yellowish appearance. Even from ...

Rust disease is among the more interesting plant diseases because it requires two different plants to complete its lifecycle. There are a variety of rust diseases, including cedar-apple rust, Asian ...

Q: I love hollyhocks for their colorful, crinkled flowers, and I have a row of them planted along the edge of my patio which I grew from seed. I was disappointed last year, however, as unsightly ...

image: Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have found that coating soybean plant leaves with cellulose nanofiber (CNF) gives protection against an aggressive fungal disease. The CNF coating ...

After last season’s drought, I know I shouldn’t complain about rain but come on — give me a break! The earlier part of this past week has been brutal if you prefer the sun. However, we need the water ...

This is a plant disease topic we usually talk about later in the season, but with the warm weather we have been having, it’s likely that rust season will start a little earlier this year. And when we ...

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Question: You recommended a fungicide for an orange rust control on plumeria. The rust fungus seems like a natural occurrence, especially as the leaves decline in the fall. I have developed the ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University scientists are piecing together clues about how a global pest hacks the immune systems of soybeans. Soybean rust fungus poses one of the biggest threats to soybean ...