Q. I am growing strawberry plants in my backyard but have noticed a lot of spots on the plant’s leaves and also have been increasingly getting gray mold on the fruits. What could be causing these ...

Two words sum up the concerns Pro Farmer Crop Tour scouts expressed about the corn and soybean crops they evaluated on Thursday in Minnesota and northeast Iowa: disease pressure. Corn crops infected ...

As Pro Farmer Crop Tour scouts set out on day two, the western leg continues to show more consistency in yield potential than the eastern leg this year. It appears more than adequate moisture is ...

Transboundary crop diseases are spreading faster than ever, threatening food security and the livelihoods of millions of farmers worldwide. Climate variability, expanding international trade and the ...

Bacterial blight (BB) is a serious plant disease that mainly affects rice plants, especially in warm, humid regions. Due to ...

University of MInnesota Plant Pathologist Brian Steffenson, Lieberman-Okinow endowed chair and Stakman-Borlaug Center for Sustainable Plant Health co-director, talked to farmers who attended the ...

Corn growth stages are quite variable across Indiana but a number of areas have moved into tasseling or beyond. Therefore, it is time to continue to monitoring for diseases to make an informed ...

UNDERWAY THERE. MEREDITH, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM FARMERS? LORI. FARMERS SAY THAT THEY ARE AFRAID THEIR CROPS COULD DIE. OR IF THEY DON’T DRY OUT QUICKLY ENOUGH, THEY COULD BECOME DISEASED. EITHER ...

A new biological mashup just dropped. “Pikobodies,” bioengineered immune system proteins that are part plant and part animal, could help flora better fend off diseases, researchers report in the March ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — This year, the soybean and corn crops in eastern South Dakota got an early start with a good spring, said Peter Kovacs, cropping system agronomist at South Dakota State University.

Yes, we have found active tar spot in Indiana. Early planted corn in Indiana is reaching mid- to late-vegetative stages and some tasseling in the south. Therefore, it is time to start monitoring for ...