plant-disease
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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Fighting citrus Huanglongbing with evolutionary principles.
Huanglongbing has already wiped out millions of orange and lemon trees worldwide, threatening the...
Genome editing‑based strategies to combat geminiviruses: CRISPR/Cas...
Geminiviruses, spread by whiteflies, routinely wipe out tomato, pepper, and bean harvests — and C...
AI-empowered crop protection against insect-borne diseases.
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Decadal Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Genetic Diversity of Erwinia am...
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CITRUS DISEASES: ETIOLOGY, SYMPTOMS AND INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT APPROACHES
If you grow citrus in a pot on your patio or tend a backyard mandarin, knowing how to spot early ...
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If you grow onions at home or rely on them in the kitchen, a single season of Stemphylium blight ...
CITRUS DISEASES: ETIOLOGY, SYMPTOMS AND INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT APPROACHES
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Structural and phylogenetic analyses of umbravirus and umbra-like v...
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Nano-enabled RNAi strategies for sustainable citrus protection agai...
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Dissecting the homeodomain MAT locus and engineering novel tripolar...
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Smarter photo-scanning AI spots tomato leaf diseases before they spread
A blotchy or spotted tomato leaf in your backyard bed could one day be diagnosed by snapping a ph...
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The same photo-based approach that flags cotton leaf spots is what powers plant-ID and disease-di...
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...
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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Smarter leaf-scanning AI spots mulberry diseases in field photos quickly
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