A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern ...

Why did so many Irish immigrate to America? Phytophthora infestans, a fungus that invades the potato plant and causes its rapid decay, struck for the first time in the eastern United States in the ...

Phytophthora infestans, a fungus that invades the potato plant and causes its rapid decay, struck for the first time in the eastern United States in the summer of 1843, Ireland's Great Hunger ...

The rot that most concerns Scanlan is neither phytophthora infestans, the blight that ravaged Europe’s potatoes from 1845, nor the rotten policies that in Ireland were Westminster’s disastrous ...

There are many plants that make great companions for cucumbers, but some can compete for nutrients while others attract pests ...

Folkland Organic Foods is preparing to enter — or maybe define — the world of premium frozen french fries. Folkland is the ...

Crop pathogens reduce yield and contribute to global malnourishment. Surveillance not only detects presence/absence but also reveals genetic diversity, which can inform our understanding of rapid ...

Biotalys, an Agricultural Technology (AgTech) company developing protein-based biocontrols for sustainable crop protection, has announced key business achievements and consolidated financial results ...

This manuscript describes important findings on a rhizobial effector, its cleavage, and legume receptors involved in symbiosis. The evidence supporting the main claims is solid, though some ...

A plant disease is a malfunction in a plant in response to an infectious agent or pathogen, most typically a bacterium, fungus, virus, or nematode. They cause a wide range of symptoms that can affect ...