All of these rusts release the bright rusty-orange spores once spring weather becomes mild and damp, often around late March ...

Infection occurs beneath leaf sheaths when spores are carried by rain splash or wind from infected residues. From these infections, the fungi may penetrate through the rind and into the pith tissues.

Dogs have many jobs but one you may not expect is identifying grapevines coated in a destructive and highly contagious fungus ...

Symptoms begin as small brown spots that can have a yellow halo around them, as spots coalesce the leaf may turn yellow (Figs 1 and 3). Infected leaves may drop prematurely (Fig 2). If symptoms remain ...

Fabaceae), we evaluated leaf traits affecting leaf wetness and susceptibility to infection by the fungal pathogen Stemphylium sp., causal agent of Stemphylium leaf spot. Spore germination increased ...

Plants that had previously been infected with the endophyte were more ... A Fungal Endophyte Alters Poplar Leaf Chemistry, Deters Insect Feeding and Shapes Insect Community Assembly, Ecology ...

Dogs have many jobs but one you may not expect is identifying grapevines with a destructive and highly contagious fungus called powdery mildew. Researchers are analyzing volatile chemicals emanating ...