What looks like a danger to the things we enjoy signals deeper vulnerabilities in the food system we depend on.

When viruses invade a plant, you might expect an all-out immune war. But new research published in Science shows that, much like in humans, too strong an immune response can actually do more harm than ...

Powdery mildew is a common garden fungus. This guide explains what causes it, which plants it affects, how to treat it, and ...

Rose rosette disease now affects roses across much of Texas, including North Texas, where it became a major problem in mass landscape plantings by the late 1990s. Nearly all cultivated roses are ...

Grape plants sold at several Costco locations in California may pose a serious threat to California vineyards and agriculture ...

The glassy-winged sharpshooter carries a disease fatal to grapevines, imperiling the state's $84.5 billion wine industry, ...

The glassy-winged sharpshooter carries a disease fatal to grapevines, imperiling the state's $84.5 billion wine industry, experts say.

An unusually warm winter in the Desert Southwest may be to blame for an early virus outbreak now showing up in Yuma-area ...

Researchers at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have revealed a key defence system in plants to fight viruses. Plants are known to use liquid-like, sticky protein droplets to ...

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Authorities in Northern California alerted residents on Tuesday about an invasive species found on plants from Costco that ...

The Plant Pick of the Week is a pair of double-petaled zinnias that bloom all summer and hardly ever get leaf disease.