The blight tolerant American chestnut trees are undergoing extensive ... oxidase gene and to possibly enhance resistance to another known chestnut disease, Phytophthora root rot. These are exciting ...

The potato blight, caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora infestans, triggered a famine that killed over a million people and forced millions more to flee. For over a century, scientists ...

While many trees in the southern range were killed by Phytophthora root rot (PRR), the chestnut blight leaves roots intact, so many chestnuts have been surviving by growing back from the roots ...

“Metalaxyl is today’s “gold standard” systemic fungicide for controlling multiple species of Pythium and Phytophthora,” said Mitch Eviston, Meristem Founder and CEO. “Now we can ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. Phytophthora, which means “plant destroyer” in Greek, is a group of soil borne pathogens capable of causing cause root rot and other serious and ...