New plant diseases are becoming increasingly prevalent, requiring growers to adopt more proactive management strategies.

Lake Okeechobee, Florida's largest freshwater lake, plays a vital role in the state's ecosystem and water management. Spanning 730 square miles with an average depth of just 9 feet, it serves as a ...

Farmers are taking extra measures to keep their crops healthy after a new disease called Neopestalotiopsis threatens strawberry production.

In the microscopic battlefield of plant-microbe interactions, plants are constantly fighting off invading bacteria. New research reveals just how clever these bacterial invaders can be.

In 1872, a Nebraska newspaper editor and tree lover named J. Sterling Morton proposed dedicating a day to planting trees in ...

The project will not only replace blight with majestic trees, but could also improve air quality and preserve the trees ...

Invasives thrive in their new environments as they lack predators, diseases and other plants in their native environment that keep them in check. It may seem inconsequential in the grand scheme of ...

Every year, LSU AgCenter horticulturists select four plants to add to the Louisiana Super Plant program. Plants don’t come by this designation easily. They must prove they can be beautiful and ...

New research reveals that six humble plants from Mediterranean kitchens contain powerful compounds that fight cardiovascular disease from multiple angles. Scientists have now mapped precisely how ...

From playground coughs to forest blights, the young suffer more from disease than adults. This pattern stretches across ecosystems and species. Children in schools catch colds more frequently.