Q: Last year I learned I had rust on my serviceberry and hawthorn trees. What do I look for this year to prevent that? A: It’s hard to prevent rust infections on vulnerable plants unless you are ...

In the course of studies on the nature of resistance of plants to disease, experiments were performed to determine the effect of stem rust (Puccinia graminis Pers. f. sp. tritici Erikss. and Henn., ...

WE have already reported 1,2 that the rate of consumption of oxygen by wheat leaves infected with stem rust fungus is not augmented by treatment with 2,4-dinitrophenol, in contrast with the great ...

The most common southern corn rust symptoms are raised pustules, which break through the outer leaf surface. The pustules ...

What you are describing sounds very much like the lawn of a friend I visited last week. I noticed that his front lawn showed stunted growth and thin areas along with a yellowish appearance. Even from ...

Coffee rust is a parasitic fungus and a big problem for coffee growers around the world. A study in the birthplace of coffee - Ethiopia - shows that another fungus seems to have the capacity to ...

Timely scouting of soybean rust symptoms is a core component of successful management. Crops can suffer increasingly severe yield reduction the longer the fungus goes untreated. You can track the ...

Gray leaf spot is also active in the lower canopy at multiple sites across the state. The lesions are light tan in color and generally narrow and rectangular, and can be as long as 2 inches. As the ...

It is important to continue to scout for diseases in both corn and soybeans. Recent rain events have increased favorable environmental conditions for the development of foliar diseases in both crops.