Fusarium head blight has been a stubborn threat to cereal crops in Western Canada since the 1990s. Some years are worse than others, but when the ...

UK households with yellow or brown patches on their lawn have been issued a warning that it could be a sign of disease.

In Delaware, FHB is caused mainly by the fungus Fusarium graminearum (also called Gibberella zeae). This fungus can infect heads of wheat and barley, resulting in significant yield loss. Toxins ...

Damping-off disease usually affects newly-sown plants. Problem: Caused by a soil-borne fungus, fusarium wilt affects ...

Wheat heads with Fusarium head blight symptoms on a few spikelets (left-hand panel), and the fungal fruiting body on a stubble (right-hand panel). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Mai also discussed the decimating effect that the fusarium fungus is having on the sugar industry. He said sugar yields will be way down: Jose Mai, Minister of Agriculture "Our te ...

Homegrown tomatoes still warm from the sun are one of the joys of vegetable gardening. Unfortunately, tomatoes are not the most disease free vegetable we can grow. Sometimes the problems are the ...

“It grows in a cool way. I decided to switch my focus to that.” The fungus grew quickly and robustly in acidic environments. Eventually, Kozubal dubbed it Fusarium strain flavolapis, with “flavus” ...

The country has recently come under attack for the way it regulates GM farming. In March, Syngenta planted wheat that had been genetically modified to resist fusarium fungus on two fields in the ...

Jason Hartschuh, field specialist in dairy production and precision livestock at The Ohio State University Extension, spoke ...