Correcting soil pH and choosing the right placement for each plant are just a few of the simple steps that can help bring a ...

A Christmas cactus can suffer from certain pests that may cause wilting. "Pests such as mealybugs, fungus gnats, spider mites, or scale feed on sap or damage roots. This reduces water uptake and ...

The Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) is a much-loved festive plant that puts on a spectacular floral display over the holidays. Unlike desert cacti, it hails from the humid tropical forests ...

Scientists have discovered that beneficial root-dwelling fungi boost plant resilience to disease by remodeling the plant cell ...

Last week I covered insect pests of concern in Indiana, and today I’ll cover four plant diseases of concern in our landscapes and woodlands. Like last week, this is certainly not a comprehensive list ...

What do you notice about the leaves of the wheat on the right? How about on the left? See those yellow and red spots on the leaves on the left? Those wheat plants are sick. They have a disease called ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist ...

A new biological mashup just dropped. “Pikobodies,” bioengineered immune system proteins that are part plant and part animal, could help flora better fend off diseases, researchers report in the March ...

You’re working in the garden when you notice your tomato plant is stunted and wrinkled. What is your next step? A team of researchers from Penn State University and the Swiss Federal Institute of ...