Bacteria, viruses and fungi are masters at evolving new strategies to infiltrate plants and cause disease that harm crops. To ...

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 ...

There are thousands of dahlia cultivars you can plant in the garden, but like any plant, they can be vulnerable to diseases.

In a new strategy to combat citrus greening disease, scientists have engineered citrus trees to act as both bait and ...

Limits are to be placed on moving livestock from England into Wales in response to the spread of the bluetongue virus. Cattle ...

It's feared the arrangements may be pointless as the virus, which is not yet in Wales, could be spread by midges ...

Measles virus found in southeast New Mexico wastewater ...

A new wave of potato selection robots could soon replace manual labour. Developers say the first commercial units may hit ...

Bluetongue is a viral disease which is spread by biting midges, and affects sheep, cattle, goats and deer, llama and alpaca.

The lethal Usutu virus, carried by mosquitoes and notorious for impacting Blackbirds in the south of England, has sparked ...

A major new UK study warns that evolving swine flu viruses in Europe could pose a serious future pandemic threat if left ...

The first convention on protecting workers from the devastating impact of uncontrolled biological hazards was adopted at the ...