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10/14/2020
Research demonstrates microbiome transmissibility in perennial ryegrass
Scientist Ian Tannenbaum has spent most of his career working in clinical microbiology but was excited to transition to agricultura ... (more)
10/6/2020
The plant hormone auxin may promote disease by regulating virulence gene expression
Scientists have long known that the plant hormone auxin controls many aspects of plant growth, development, and responses to the environment. Only more recently have the ... (more)
10/5/2020
Corn farmers can apply a fungicide just once to protect against foliar diseases
Foliar diseases, such as gray leaf spot, northern corn leaf blight, and southern rust, were estimated to cause annual losses ranging from 19,029 to 244,149 metric tons f ... (more)
9/22/2020
Updated and Comprehensive Compendium Helps Users Diagnose and Treat Pea Diseases, Disorders, and Pests
Since publication of the second edition of Compendium of Pea Diseases and Pests by APS PRESS almost two decades ago, pea p ... (more)
9/17/2020
New study identifies wheat varieties that resist the destructive stripe rust disease

Stripe rust is one of the most destructive wheat diseases in the world, especially in the United States. While the ... (more)
9/2/2020
Biological control agents can protect soybeans from Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS)
Sudden death syndrome (SDS) is one of the most destructive diseases of soybean, with losses of nearly 1.7 million metric tons in 20 ... (more)
8/26/2020
Research illuminates new element of plant immune defense response to biotic stress
Plants are at the mercy of many stresses, both abiotic, such as drought and heat, and biotic, such as pathogens. Researchers know t ... (more)
8/13/2020
Research recommends integrated approaches to managing reniform nematodes in cotton
While there are many pests affecting cotton, the reniform nematode is one the most damaging, with the ability to cause annual losses of approximately $33 million within ... (more)
8/10/2020
To Encourage Inclusivity, the MPMI Journal Goes Gold Open Access
The researchers, authors, reviewers, editors, and readers of the MPMI journal repr ... (more)
7/21/2020
Weather-based decisions may reduce fungicide
A plant pathologist at Cornell University, Sarah J. Pethybridge supplies New York vegetable growers with the information they need to control soilborne diseases and adop ... (more)

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