While Aster yellows is more prevalent in the Midwest, it’s also here in southwestern Pennsylvania and can be confusing to ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our community in a variety of ways, including 4-H, farm advisers, and ...

The key issues being discussed by our agronomists this week include pests in pea and bean crops, managing weeds in very variable maize crops, and the rising potato blight risk in Northern Ireland.

To fill this gap in information, the grower can take a leaf from one of the plants and, through a series of simple steps, add it to a lateral flow strip designed to detect resistant strains of blight.

In Uganda, potato blight can destroy up to 100% of a farmer's crop , endangering livelihoods and local food security. Just as in the Irish famine, dependence on a single crop is risky.

After decades of research, blight remains hard to defeat, partly due to the pathogen’s remarkable adaptability. Over the years, Phytophthora infestans (late blight) has repeatedly evolved new genetic ...

Enjoy a dazzling combination of orange and yellow plants in your garden Even better? These colorful plants often require little or no water to flourish.

Early Blight (Alternaria solan)- a fungus which presents as dark, concentric spots ¼ – ½ inch on lower leaves, spots on the fruit near stems and the lower leaves yellow and drop. It affects the leaves ...

Early blight, caused by Alternaria solani, reduces potato yield and quality and is best managed with cultural practices and fungicides. Leaf symptoms appear as dark brown lesions in circular to ...