Potato dry rot leads to significant losses during storage and postharvest handling, making management of this disease critically important for potato farmers. Colorado State University researchers in ...

March launches the most exciting stretch of the gardening season. Tiny green sprouts push through soil, trays crowd ...

The Tennessee Department of Health reports There have been 8 screening cases and 40 clinical cases of Canada auris in ...

Reality tends toward entropy, and nature craves balance. The methods behind these maddening processes aren’t pretty, either. Survival of the fittest means that even strong species are at risk of ...

On March 4, Dean Malvick, UMN Extension corn and soybean plant pathologist and Ryan Miller, UMN Extension crops educator joined UMN Extension crops educator Liz Stahl to talk about whether ...

A neurological disease called rat lungworm has been found in wild animals and one zoo animal in San Diego County, marking its ...

Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that two osteoporosis drugs (etidronate and tiludronate) may combat diseases caused by iron accumulation in the body. In ...

"TMVII is a specific type of fungus that is part of a larger family that causes the usually benign but irksome conditions such as ringworm, jock itch and athlete's foot," Dr. Hayden Andrews, an ...

New research has uncovered a previously overlooked factor that appears to shape susceptibility to one of the world’s most lethal fungal infections. The findings link a fundamental component of human ...

Almond growers across Mediterranean regions are facing a growing threat from anthracnose, a destructive fungal disease that can wipe out blossoms and young fruits during wet spring seasons. Now, new ...

Deaths from heart disease and stroke have declined in recent years, but they remain the leading cause of death for Americans, according to a new report from the American Heart Association. In the ...