Plant diseases are a fact of life for gardeners. Learn how to deal with the most common plant ailments and how to keep them ...

The National Seed Health System has released a new validated seed health testing method for the detection of Tomato Mottle ...

Most viral infections negatively affect an organism's health, but one plant virus in particular -- soybean vein necrosis orthotospovirus, often referred to as SVNV -- may actually benefit a type of ...

A virus that infects black-eyed pea plants has shown "widespread effectiveness" in helping thwart an array of metastatic cancers in mice, researchers report in a new study, offering hope the virus ...

Cutting-edge NASA imaging technology can detect early signs of a plant virus that, if unaddressed, often proves devastating for wineries and grape growers, new research has found. While the ...

Chilli pepper or hot pepper (Capsicum annuum L.,) is an important spice and vegetable crop of family Solanaceae. Chilli is susceptible to various pathogens involving viruses, which cause heavy ...

Let’s talk about two of the main classifications of plant diseases — biotic and abiotic — and the differences between them. The term “abiotic” means “without life.” Examples include damage from the ...

This surprising garden task will protect your plants from diseases and pests this fall — and we often don’t do it.

From willow bark remedies to aspirin tablets, salicylic acid has long been part of human health. It also lies at the heart of ...