Companion planting can provide unique benefits to apple trees. From low-growing ground covers to aromatic herbs and flowering ...

Plant diagnostics is an important role of Nebraska. Positive diagnosis of plant issues is needed for effective management to ...

Home gardeners in our area are no strangers to plant diseases. Each year, I review afflicted plants and their fruits. In the ...

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establish an apple family tree, document events like whole-genome duplications and hybridizations between species, and find regions of the genome associated with specific traits, like resistance to ...

By comparing the sequence of nearly 1,000 genes from each species, the researchers built a family tree of the genus ... with resistance to apple scab, a fungal disease that impacts apples worldwide." ...

(a) Family tree of Malus species showing potential ... like resistance to apple scab disease.” The team newly sequenced and assembled the genomes of 30 members of the genus, including the ...

Apple scab is one of the more common foliar diseases of trees and was a widespread problem across Wisconsin in 2024. Flowering crabapples and apples grown in orchards are prone to infection, which can ...

Apple scab is one of the more common foliar diseases of trees and was a widespread problem across Wisconsin in 2024. Flowering crab apples and apples grown in orchards are prone to infection ...

Davis said most tree diseases become active starting in early spring. The most common diseases in this area are apple scab and oak wilt. Arborists are currently concerned about beech leaf disease.

In a wet year, a disease-resistant apple tree may still show the symptoms of apple scab and powdery mildew, fungal diseases that are encouraged by high humidity and wet leaves. Apart from choosing ...