Phytophthora root and crown rot is caused by soil-inhabiting water molds, also known as oomycetes, that thrive and spread ... nurseries and the home garden. These plant pathogens can remain undetected ...

In July 2023, heavy rains continued in southern Sri Lanka for days, soaking the lush greenery of the village of Hapugala in ...

Many native plants in the U.S. cannot possibly move themselves fast enough to avoid climate-change-driven extinction. If ...

A team of entomologists and botanists at the International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi and the ...

An international team including engineers from Princeton has devised a way to watch, in stunning detail, as the hollow ...

Non-chemical approaches to managing plant stress are gaining increased importance as the agricultural sector seeks sustainable alternatives to chemical ...

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Department of Agriculture confirmed the outbreak was linked to the H7N9 strain, marking the first outbreak of this strain occurring ...

This led to a lack of access to vaccines and a clear, early decrease in rates of vaccination,” Dr. Richard Martinello chief medical officer and professor of infectious diseases at Yale Medicine ...

Diseases are abnormal conditions that have a specific set of signs and symptoms. Diseases can have an external cause, such as an infection, or an internal cause, such as autoimmune diseases. Using ...

Diseases live and spread in humans, animals, and non-living objects. Contagious diseases can infect people from skin-to-skin contact, breathing, eating, and other pathways. Most contagious ...