Gray leaf spot, caused by the fungus Cercospora zeae maydis is the most significant yield-limiting disease of corn worldwide [1]. The disease was first reported in Illinois in 1924, and has increased ...

A new disease is plaguing cornfields across the Midwest. Phyllachora maydis is the fungus that causes a corn disease called ...

Unlike brown spot, Frogeye leaf spot causes more disease on younger foliage than older foliage at the base of plants. Under appropriate conditions the fungus will continue to produce spores, which ...

fungal diseases that infiltrate backyards across ... high soil pH and heat-loving summer patch; gray leaf spot, which targets ...

A Pennsylvania state forestry expert says native pests are causing troublesome impacts to several valuable tree species.

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 90, No. 6 (Jun., 2003), pp. 857-864 (8 pages) Many foliar pathogens require free water to germinate; therefore, disease pressure should favor plants that are able to ...

Bacterium malvacearum, the causative agent of ‘black-arm’, or angular leaf-spot disease of the cotton plant, has been described in certain recent papers as capable of producing a systemic ...

Gardening expert Cathy Wiedemann has shared how gardeners can keep roses free from black spot disease, which can take over roses, using a simple natural item ...

The increasing prevalence of grey leaf spot (GLS), caused by the fungus Cercospora zeae-maydis, and northern corn leaf blight (NCLB), caused by the fungus Exserohilum turcicum, in South Africa’s ...