Verticillium wilt is a significant soil-borne fungal disease affecting many plants, including garden and ornamental crops. In Idaho, it poses a significant threat to agricultural productivity and ...

The green, leafy branches of a maple or ash tree can provide much-needed refuge from the sun during the hot days of summer. Verticillium wilt, a common but often overlooked disease, can destroy that ...

Mint production has been decreasing in Idaho because of the challenges in getting rid of pests. Darin Oswald doswald@idahostatesman.com Though Idaho may be known for its potatoes, the state exceeds ...

CALDWELL — Though Idaho may be known for its potatoes, the state exceeds most any other for a much lesser-known crop — peppermint. But across the U.S., mint farmers see a major threat to production ...

A new method developed at the UCO has tested how substances secreted by the roots of olive trees impact infection by the Verticillium dahliae fungus, and studied its effects on different varieties of ...

INDEPENDENCE, Ore. — Scott Setniker drove over the windrowed field of peppermint toward a large harvester pulling a boxcar-like white trailer. The first day of the Setniker Farms peppermint harvest in ...

Many of you have heard stories or read about the great potato famine which occurred in Ireland during 1840’s and 50s. But did you know it originated in Mexico? In 2009, there was a major outbreak of ...

We’ve made it to another growing season, and with summer in full throttle, you may have noticed not all the lawn, flowers, trees, shrubs and vegetables are thriving, so there may be an issue to ...

Though Idaho may be known for its potatoes, the state exceeds most any other for a much lesser-known crop: peppermint. But across the U.S., mint farmers see a major threat to production that’s ...