Downy mildew of impatiens is a serious disease in the United States, caused by the fungus-like Oomycete, Plasmopara obducens. Originally found in Europe, impatiens downy mildew was detected in ...

A mild winter is accelerating the rose season, which means powdery mildew, black spot and aphids are expected ahead of ...

Downy mildew, caused by a range of oomycete pathogens, remains a formidable challenge in agriculture, affecting numerous crops worldwide and resulting in significant yield losses. The pathogen’s ...

Downy mildew is the most economically important pathogen infecting lettuce Research to benefit conventional and organic farmers and reduce crop loss Research will provide consumers food grown using ...

Mildews are the most common and most devastating diseases infecting cucumbers and other members of the cucurbit family of plants, which include squashes, pumpkins, zucchini and melons. There are two ...

REHOVOT, Israel, Nov. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lavie Bio Ltd., a leading ag-biologicals company and subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. (Nasdaq: EVGN) (TASE: EVGN), today announced significant progress in the ...

The most widely grown of all the herbs, basil, is also highly susceptible to downy mildew, which spreads quickly through spores dispersed by wind and can wipe out an entire field or greenhouse. The ...

Chardonnay grapes are vulnerable to a difficult-to-control fungus-like pathogen called downy mildew. This summer, more than a million tons of chardonnay grapes are plumping on manicured vineyards ...

The study of basil downy mildew, caused by the oomycete Peronospora belbahrii, has evolved into a multidisciplinary field that integrates molecular biology, plant pathology and genetics. Research has ...

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, will use the genomics of lettuce to combat a pathogen that causes losses in the $3 billion industry each year. The Foundation of Food and ...