Rust disease is among the more interesting plant diseases because it requires two different plants to complete its lifecycle. There are a variety of rust diseases, including cedar-apple rust, Asian ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University scientists are piecing together clues about how a global pest hacks the immune systems of soybeans. Soybean rust fungus poses one of the biggest threats to soybean ...

image: Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have found that coating soybean plant leaves with cellulose nanofiber (CNF) gives protection against an aggressive fungal disease. The CNF coating ...

Plant diseases occur in most gardens. Many happen on a yearly basis, others sporadically. Why disease occurs often is dependent on weather. In fact, there are three conditions that must exist for a ...

Question. All of a sudden, our plumeria has developed yellow leaves with an orange coating on their backsides. What should I do to control the decline? Answer. Many of our favorite flowering plants ...

Q: I love hollyhocks for their colorful, crinkled flowers, and I have a row of them planted along the edge of my patio which I grew from seed. I was disappointed last year, however, as unsightly ...

This is a plant disease topic we usually talk about later in the season, but with the warm weather we have been having, it’s likely that rust season will start a little earlier this year. And when we ...

Question: You recommended a fungicide for an orange rust control on plumeria. The rust fungus seems like a natural occurrence, especially as the leaves decline in the fall. I have developed the ...

A: By the looks of the photos you sent in, your serviceberries have a case of rust. Your serviceberries, also called juneberries or saskatoons, should be beautifully bluish-purple and plump right now.

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 ...

Researchers have found a high incidence of coffee leaf rust (CLR) disease in Vietnam, the world's second-largest coffee producer. Potential origins and migration routes were revealed, as well as a ...