University of Queensland scientists have developed an environmentally friendly RNA-based spray to help combat myrtle rust, which has wiped out many Australian plants. Developed in collaboration with ...

Q: I love hollyhocks for their colorful, crinkled flowers, and I have a row of them planted along the edge of my patio which I grew from seed. I was disappointed last year, however, as unsightly ...

What do coffee, sugar, wheat, soy, eucalypts and paperbarks all have in common? They are all susceptible to parasitic rust diseases caused by fungi. Plant rust disease can easily be spotted by the ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University scientists are piecing together clues about how a global pest hacks the immune systems of soybeans. Soybean rust fungus poses one of the biggest threats to soybean ...