Right now there is a global shortage of cocoa after west African countries, responsible for 70% of cacao production, suffered poor harvests due to heat, heavy rainfall and disease. The crisis is ...

A new disease is plaguing cornfields across the Midwest. Phyllachora maydis is the fungus that causes a corn disease called ...

Amid his ongoing battle with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Alan Jackson performed at the Grand Ole Opry's 100-year live concert celebration. Jackson was diagnosed with the disease in 2011 ...

Strawberries exposed to wind in sandy soils can at times accumulate sand on the leaves themselves and can cause visual damage or worse to the plant. The examples (Fig. 1 and 1B) are of strawberry ...