Scientists have learned how plants keep viruses from being passed to their offspring, a finding that could ensure healthier crops. The discovery could also help reduce the transmission of diseases ...
Plant viruses pose significant challenges to agricultural productivity and ecosystem stability worldwide. These infectious agents exhibit a diverse array of genomic organisations and infection ...
Let’s talk about two of the main classifications of plant diseases — biotic and abiotic — and the differences between them. The term “abiotic” means “without life.” Examples include damage from the ...
Phys.org: 'One Plant Health Concept' connects tradition and technology to address plant diseases in Africa
An article published in CABI Agriculture and Bioscience calls for a diverse, participatory approach that combines indigenous, local knowledge systems with modern technologies to tackle plant diseases ...
'One Plant Health Concept' connects tradition and technology to address plant diseases in Africa
The Scientist: Plant Viruses: The Unsung Heroes That Deliver Drugs and Destroy Tumors
With the cool, wet weather comes the bane of gardeners — plant diseases. Diseases are generally bad news, whether it’s black spot on your roses, rust on your rhododendrons, downy mildew on your ...
New Scientist: Climate change is fuelling the spread of viral diseases in plants
Warmer and wetter weather has increased the spread of plant viruses in the past few decades, and climate change is expected to result in more outbreaks in the future. Erin Mordecai at Stanford ...
Yahoo: New international study traces plant viruses back to the last Ice Age