plant-pathogens
Plant pathogens are microorganisms — including fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, and oomycetes — that infect plants and cause disease, disrupting normal physiological processes. Understanding how these pathogens interact with their hosts is critical for plant science, as diseases can devastate crops, reduce yields, and threaten ecosystem stability. Research in plant pathology drives the development of resistant cultivars, biological controls, and sustainable management strategies to protect both agricultural and wild plant populations.
open_in_new WikipediaDiscovery of Viroids and Viroid-Like RNAs in Plants.
Viroids are responsible for devastating crop diseases worldwide, and finding new ones earlier cou...
Effects of prosulfocarb and hydrogels on soil fungal communities.
Every bag of herbicide or water-retention gel you apply to your vegetable beds reshapes the invis...
Ecological and genomic dynamics of the soil microbiome under sustai...
The soil in a garden bed that's fought off root rot for several seasons may quietly be assembling...
Genome study maps the war between fire blight and its viruses
Fire blight can turn a healthy backyard apple or pear tree into blackened, dying branches in a si...
Bacteria-fighting prediction tools miss most real-world pathogens
The bacterial blights and wilts that turn your tomato leaves spotty or your rose canes mushy rely...
Bacterial delivery system does much more than cause disease
The same bacterial machinery responsible for wilting tomatoes and rotting potatoes in the garden ...
