Bringing home a new houseplant? Prevention is key to avoiding pest infestations. Inspect the plant closely, especially under ...

The Japanese barberry shrub is known as an invasive plant throughout the United States. Some states have banned it and ...

Legumes are not only economically significant crops, second only to cereals in human consumption, but also important ...

Sugarcane Mosaic Virus is an emerging problem for our St. Augustine lawns in Florida. Viruses are some of the smallest and ...

Plant viruses pose a serious and ongoing threat to global agriculture in tropical to temperate regions. Among the most damaging are begomoviruses, a group of DNA viruses spread by whiteflies that ...

When you think of a butterfly garden, you probably picture a flowerbed of big, bright blooms, a few butterflies and sunshine. What happens when you get down to plant level and look a little closer?

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist harmful bacterial infections and survive drought. The advance, published in ...

Share on Pinterest According to the latest research, plant-based diets may help prevent a range of chronic conditions, including diabetes. Image credit: Monica Bertolazzi/Getty Images Research shows ...

Note: This is the third of a four-part series on biochar. You can find the first two parts of the series here. Have you ever checked your plants and found brown/yellow/white, soft tissue spots either ...

A team of infectious disease specialists argues that shifting toward plant-based diets can simultaneously slow climate change, reduce antibiotic resistance, and lower disease risks - empowering ...

I have had trouble with watermelon mosaic virus in the past. Is there a way to cure this or at least control the problem? Watermelon mosaic virus is related to other mosaic virus such as tobacco ...