Just like people, your plants can get sick, too. These usually come from fungi, bacteria, viruses, or the weather in your ...

Generally, start spraying in early April as the weather warms (or earlier at the first sign of fungal lesions/spots).

Plant fungal diseases can be devastating for horticulture and agriculture – in the worst cases, wiping out entire crops. But Lincoln Agritech scientists believe altering the bacteria associated ...

This will prevent fungal infections, reducing the chance of rotting before roots form, Bradley says. Rust Prevention Common in gardens, rust is another fungal infection that can attack your plants.

A: It’s hard to prevent rust infections on vulnerable plants unless you are willing to apply several preventative treatments of fungicide. I would not recommend that, since fungicides can harm ...

Brady and Kawa wanted to know whether soil microbes could interrupt this hijacking. Previous studies have shown that a species of soil fungus, Fusarium, suppresses witchweed germination, and thus ...

ORNL’s Tomás Rush examines a culture as part of his research into the plant-fungus relationship that can help or hinder ecosystem health. A new computational framework created by Oak Ridge ...

The research is shining a light on specialized fungal metabolites, small molecules produced by fungi that can help or harm plants and other organisms. These metabolites can, for instance, help ...