Infected trees develop circular rings on the leaves and orangish horned growths on the young fruits, which drop the rusty-orange powder onto surfaces below. Ohioans who reported raining infections ...

Crop trials showcasing wheat varieties and disease control strategies will be shown to farmers at the Bayer Field Day in Walpole on July 3.

Dreaming of a lush home garden filled with every imaginable delight? Think twice before planting certain common edibles. This ...

Pennsylvania naturalists are keeping an eye on a disease that has been killing beech trees in the eastern U.S. for more than a decade, but has begun spreading more rapidly in the past three years.

Cedar-apple rust is one of several plant diseases that are all caused by different species of a fungus called gymnosporangium. All of these diseases are referred to as gymnosporangium rust ...

GREENE COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A devastating tree disease known as laurel wilt is infecting both Greene and Beaufort counties. This disease is caused by the redbay ambrosia beetle, which carries a ...

JERICHO, Vt. (WCAX) - A recently discovered disease is spreading deeper into Vermont’s forests. Beech trees are a common and essential part of Vermont’s landscape, providing food for wildlife ...

MARYLAND (WBFF) — The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) says that conditions of beech leaf disease are worsening across the state. In a press release release, the department stated that ...

A few feet away, a few pine trees are also dead, with the bark peeling right off one. That looks like a lightning strike. But the other trees are 20 feet away, with healthy plants between them.

Palm trees stand on Canal street in New Orleans, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Lethal bronzing disease is a disease that is killing off New Orleans' tall palm trees.

New York City’s trees may be in trouble as a result of beech leaf disease, but scientists have developed some ingenious ways to save them.