Cassava witches’ broom disease is quickly spreading across Northeastern South America, threatening a critical food staple for ...

Climate shocks, crop disease and a global supply shortage are resulting in South Africans paying up to 40% more for their favourite chocolate bars and slabs.

Oklahoma gardeners are battling a rise in fungal plant diseases following a wet spring, with experts offering tips for treatment and prevention.

Caitilyn Allen is a plant pathologist and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The WSWS recently ...

"The knowledge that we gain and the importance of international relationships in science is critical. And COVID proved that." ...

Scientists have found that applying chlorine to affected reefs, delivered in a cocoa butter paste, can be both effective and more environmentally friendly, though it’s less effective than ...

As the RHS explains, many of these common plant diseases may not entirely kill plants but can weaken them significantly, resulting in reduced flowering and a ragged appearance – bad news for ...

Many of the plants concerned are widely cultivated in the tropics, and the paper has been written in order to give some idea of the prevalence of plant diseases, their causes, mode of attack ...

Plant sterols including sitosterol and stigmasterol are present in cocoa butter in very small amounts, and appear to have little or no impact on cholesterol absorption. [15] ...