Prevention is key to managing this widespread plant disease. Powdery mildew is a common fungal disease that affects a wide range of plants, identifiable by white to gray powdery spots on plant ...

Pruning plants in the fall doesn’t just keep your garden looking neat. It also wards off disease and pests while giving perennials a head start on healthy growth for the spring. Some plants, like ...

A: I’ve tested several plant identification apps and have found them surprisingly, but not completely, accurate. You simply ...

The New Yor k Times Wirecutter and CNN Underscored rank PlantNet as the best plant identification app for most users.

Q: How reliable are plant identification apps? I’ve tested several plant identification apps and have found them surprisingly, but not completely, accurate. You simply snap a photo of the plant in ...

Every year when spring officially arrives, people spend more time in the great outdoors as the season gears up. Whether you’re looking for help identifying plants along your morning hike or designing ...

Even people with little horticultural experience can use the Wyoming Crop Pests app to identify common pests, such as these green peach aphids on a broccoli leaf. (Scott Schell Photo) University of ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an electronic patch that can be applied to the leaves of plants to monitor crops for different pathogens, such as viral and fungal ...

Corn seedlings with roots exteriors falling off, a symptom of Pythium. Pythium is a pathogen that lives in soil and often wreaks havoc on row-crop operations. The disease causes about $25 million in ...