Recent research findings indicate that many of the plant pathogens affecting agriculture today originated during an earlier era than originally believed. Analysis performed by an international team ...

Long before humans cultivated crops or sailed between continents, a group of plant viruses was already evolving among wild ...

Ancient plant viruses infecting modern crops likely evolved in wild plants before the last Ice Age and later spread across continents.

Blueberry scorch virus has been confirmed in central Washington, prompting industry officials to urge growers to test plants and tighten aphid management.

Experts say there is an array of options when it comes to hand soaps, and some labels can be misleading.

Cases of the lesser-known respiratory virus human metapneumovirus are continuing to spike in Georgia and states around the country. The pneumonia- and bronchitis-causing infection made up 6.4 percent ...

A research team composed of plant virologists from the Plant Virus Department at Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, the Italian National Research Council and ...

When a plant isn’t doing well in the garden, it can feel a bit like dealing with a sick pet or young child. They can’t tell ...

As our ancient human ancestors were evolving and branching out across Eurasia and into the Americas, so too were the ancestors of a common plant virus genus. Using genome sequencing, researchers in an ...

You can nurture your tomato plants like prized pets, water them with care, stake them upright, feed them rich compost-and still watch them twist, yellow, and collapse. Sometimes the threat doesn't ...