In the present study we collected 12 clones of garlic from different geographical origin in Iran. The clones were sown in a field trial under natural infection of the rust fungus during two ...

There’s some interesting activity afoot in the cropfields and pastures of Colorado, Utah and Montana, as researchers explore a new biocontrol method for Canada thistle, by delicately sprinkling, ...

Wheat stripe rust is one of the most important wheat diseases and is caused by the plant-pathogenic fungi Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst). Though Pst is known to be highly host-specific, it ...

Early in April, I was looking for the first of the spring flowers in the mountains and had found pasque flowers and, to my surprise, mountain ball cactus in bloom at Meyers Gulch, near Walker Ranch.

Nonhost resistance is the most common type of resistance in plants. Understanding the factors that make plants susceptible or resistant may help to achieve durably effective resistance in crop plants.

A new and virulent wheat fungus, previously found in East Africa and Yemen, has moved to major wheat growing areas in Iran, reports the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization. The fungus is capable ...

Wheat is vulnerable. Among the most damaging diseases that affect wheat crops across the world are rusts. These parasites cannot grow without infecting a host plant, and are responsible for some of ...

Teliospores of the Puccinia punctiformis fungus are on Canada thistle plants in the late summer and fall. Teliospores of the Puccinia punctiformis fungus are on Canada thistle plants in the late ...

Early in April, I was looking for the first of the spring flowers in the mountains and had found pasque flowers and, to my surprise, mountain ball cactus in bloom at Meyers Gulch, near Walker Ranch.