​First reported in 2015, tar spot is an emerging disease on corn that has rapidly spread across the United States and Canada, causing tre ... (more)

​​While scientific advances are made daily, foundational breakthroughs are rare and require exceptional researchers with unique points of ... (more)

​The vast scale of global trade presents a constant threat of introducing new plant diseases, which is challenging to the United States s ... (more)

​Although wheat was among the first domesticated food crops, it remains a global dietary staple several millennia later. Grown on every c ... (more)

​The Vidalia onion is a trademarked variety of sweet onion that can only be grown in several counties in Georgia by law. These prized veg ... (more)

​In just 7 years, the Irish Potato Famine caused approx ... (more)

​Known as the “plant destroyer,” the genus Phytophthora is considered one of the most important groups of plant pathogens—causing significant economic a ... (more)

World banana trade has skyrocketed in recent years, with an estimated export volume of 21 million metric tons in 2019, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization o ... (more)

​Fungicide application, while helpful in controlling plant diseases, has complicated limitations that may cost growers both peace of mind ... (more)

​Pesticides have proven effective in protecting crop yield against plant pathogens, but the environmental detriment to nontarget organism ... (more)