DEAR JESSICA: Can you tell by the pictures what the problem is with my tomato plants? This happens year after year. The plants were beautiful, bushy and healthy in June and the beginning of July. But ...

Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable grown by gardeners but they have their own set of problems. Every year, I receive numerous phone calls to diagnose multiple problems with tomatoes. They are ...

QHow should I reduce the effects of fusarium wilt in my tomato plants? AGenerally, fusarium wilt is controlled by planting tomato varieties that are resistant to the fungus that causes the disease.

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Feb., 1923), pp. 71-88 (22 pages) This paper deals with (1) the relation of soil temperature to the occurrence of the wilt of temate caused by Fusarium ...

Welcome back! Apparently my column last week on problems with tomatoes didn’t scare you off. Good. There is an old science fiction movie titled “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.” I am calling this “What ...

Scions of potato, tobacco, nightshade, pepper, Physalis and tomato were grafted on tomato stock. These plants were inoculated with F. oxysporum f. lycopersici which is selectively pathogenic to tomato ...

Plant breeders have long identified and cultivated disease-resistant varieties. A study published on October 16th in PLOS Pathogens reveals the molecular basis for resistance and susceptibility to a ...

Many of you have heard stories or read about the great potato famine which occurred in Ireland during 1840’s and 50s. But did you know it originated in Mexico? In 2009, there was a major outbreak of ...

News Leader reader Mary R. writes with the following dilemma: “My tomato plants are over 3 ft. tall with very small tomatoes. Many of the green leaves are turning yellow and curling around the edges.

Plant breeders have long identified and cultivated disease-resistant varieties. A new study reveals the molecular basis for resistance and susceptibility to a common fungus that causes wilt in ...