Growers should monitor their orchards from April through June, when environmental conditions are most favorable for disease development.

The genus Alternaria comprises a diverse group of fungi responsible for significant crop losses worldwide. Their pathogenicity is underpinned by the production of host-specific and non-specific ...

Work on a much-needed rapid identification system for alternaria in potatoes is to get under way this year, as Louise Impey discovers Difficulty in identifying which strain of alternaria is attacking ...

Tomatoes are usually the best part of many backyard gardens, but if you’ve ever tried growing them, you know they come with their own challenges. One of the biggest headaches for growers is early ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Shannon Mutschelknaus grows a wide variety of peppers on his farm, Wayward Springs, northeast of Brookings. These peppers are sold to hot sauce makers around South Dakota and ...

Alternaria (early blight) outbreaks in potatoes could be earlier and more aggressive this year, especially in the processing variety Markies, says John Sarrup, agronomist in North Yorkshire. Cases ...

Climatic fluctuations coupled with isolated instances of disease has become a cause of concern for the jeera (cumin seed) farmers in Gujarat. According to farmer sources in Saurashtra, a disease ...