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 ...

It may have been 1 billion years since plants and animals branched apart on the evolutionary tree, but down through the ages they have developed strikingly similar mechanisms for detecting microbial ...

Chances are, most — if not all — of the produce in your kitchen is threatened by fungal diseases. The threat looms large for food staples of the world such as rice, wheat, potatoes and maize (SN: 9/22 ...

What a month we have had. Rainfall has been spotty – plentiful in parts of the state but bone dry in others. A rain gauge is an important tool in the garden. In addition to rain, many parts of ...

In Australia, wheat is identified as a significant economically important crop worth over $4.5 billion dollars per year. The majority of the wheat grown in Australia is exported and therefore; ...

When gardeners talk about plant health, the conversation often jumps straight to fertilizers, pest control, or the latest miracle spray. But long before any of that matters—before seeds even hit the ...

Well, it is not officially summer by the calendar yet, but it is certainly giving us a taste of what summer can feel like in northwest Oklahoma. Warm temperatures with high relative humidity can not ...