As we step into spring, warmer days, humid nights and showery conditions can mean one thing for gardeners – the unwelcome return of slugs. With young plants on the menu, it’s a race against time for ...

Corn leafhoppers, invasive herbivorous insects, are capable of spreading the pathogenic corn stunt disease. David Kerns, an extension entomologist with Texas A&M AgriLife, reported in an April 1 ...

"Effective and environmentally friendly." Gardener reveals simple hack to keep annoying pests from destroying your plants: ...

The South Dakota State University Plant Diagnostic Clinic helps producers, gardeners and homeowners assess possible diseases in their plants. They test everything from crops to trees to garden produce ...

Plants know how to defend themselves against pathogenic microorganisms. In turn, pathogens have sensors to detect such defense mechanisms. What happens when plant and pathogen are locked in that duel?