Even with today's advanced agricultural technologies, plant diseases can still be extremely devastating to crops, causing billions of dollars in losses worldwide every year. Begomoviruses represent a ...

Gray leaf spot is a widespread fungal disease in corn, responsible for a 23-million-bushel yield loss in the U.S. in 2024. 1 The challenge with controlling gray leaf spot isn’t just deciding ...

leaf area and dry weight. Results showed that one of the Bacillus sp. isolate (DFs1420) consistently provided the greatest relative reduction (48%) of tomato bacterial spot severity. Key words:Solanum ...

You can purchase seeds that are resistant to bacterial leaf spot, another common pepper malady, but if the seeds aren’t resistant, you’ll need to watch for signs: green and brown spots on the ...

“If you’re growing bacterial leaf spot-susceptible varieties, have those guys in separate fields.” Another concern for pepper growers is anthracnose, a fungal disease that can grow on strawberries and ...

Among the most alarming are Bacterial Leaf Scorch (BLS) and Oak Wilt, both of which can kill oak trees. “Most of the time, oak wilt is vectored or carried from tree to tree by insects.

"Controlling plant disease such as bacterial leaf spot of lettuce is also important for food safety. Climate change will increase the risk of foodborne illness from consumption of raw produce." ...

In tomatoes, for instance, the dry brown spots in between leaf veins resemble bacterial leaf spot (the bacterial spots ... Blossom and fruit drop are common in peppers, squash and cucumbers ...

How do I tell if it was verticillium wilt disease or bacterial ... spot that gets afternoon shade and prune it to the height needed. Q: I have pest problems on my grapes. I think it is grape leaf ...

Summit Agro has completed a series of 163 replicated field trials across the U.S. to evaluate the efficacy of Regev ‘hybrid’ fungicide. These field trials have included almonds, apples, apricots, ...

septoria leaf spot, and bacterial leaf spot. Leaf spot diseases can impact plant health in various ways, including reduced photosynthesis, premature leaf drop, increased susceptibility to other ...