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Plant diseases are conditions caused by pathogens such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes that disrupt normal plant growth and function. Understanding these diseases is critical to plant science because they can devastate crops, reduce yields, and threaten biodiversity on a global scale. The field of plant pathology investigates disease mechanisms, host-pathogen interactions, and resistance strategies to develop more resilient plants and effective management approaches.

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AI-empowered crop protection against insect-borne diseases.

Citrus on your grocery store shelf and the tomatoes in your garden are under constant threat from...

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Unveiling the mycobiome of healthy and Esca diseased grapevines: fu...

Grapevines in your region—whether in a backyard arbor or a commercial vineyard nearby—are quietly...

BEYOND THE GROVE: UNVEILING THE ECOLOGY AND DIVERSITY OF X-DISEASE,...

Wild chokecherries lining the trails and roadsides near you may be hosting a pathogen that's quie...

A REVIEW: STEMPHYLIUM BLIGHT OF ONION-THE PATHOGEN, THE DISEASE, CU...

If you grow onions at home or rely on them in the kitchen, a single season of Stemphylium blight ...

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Decoding how rice fights off the false smut fungus

Rice feeds half the planet, and false smut turns healthy grains into useless black spore balls, s...

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Dissecting the homeodomain MAT locus and engineering novel tripolar...

Fungal diseases destroy roughly 20% of the world's food crops each year, and understanding how fu...

New fungal disease found rotting aloe vera plant tips in India

If you grow aloe vera on a sunny windowsill or in a garden bed, knowing what causes mushy, rottin...

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Target-to-signal conversion and spatial enrichment cascade boost CR...

A sensor this sensitive could one day let growers catch a soil-borne pathogen—like the water mold...

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