Researcher identifies Irish potato famine pathogen
...over time including how it mutates in response to fungicides or host resistance we'll better be able to manage the disease," Ristaino said. The research is funded by the National Geographic Society, the USDA National Research Initiatives Cooperative Grants Program, the North Carolina State Agricultural Resear...'Knock out' rose receives Texas superstar and earthkind designation
...ial. In a field trial where no disease controlling fungicides were used, Knock Out plants retained their foliage in stark contast to the roses around them." During a four-year research study at the Texas A&M University System Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Dallas, scientists found Knock Out to b......duced resistance in plants, biocontrol agents, and fungicides for control of this disease in cucurbits and other crops," said Babadoost. More on this subject including details on the disease, the pathogen that causes it, and current control methods can be found in this month's APS feature article at www.apsne......in crop plants and only the regular application of fungicides prevent huge yield losses in agriculture. Some crops, however, hold a natural resistance against powdery mildew like cultivars of the European barley with a mutation in the Mlo gene. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Researc...