Fungus gnats and scale insects are two pesky insects commonly found on plants this time of year. K-State horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini outlines what to look for.

Has your heart ached on seeing your plant covered in that white substance? Or have you had an experience where your plant ...

The spores enter these plants through wounds or other openings. In tomatoes, they often infect the stem joints near recently ...

By LINDA TENNESON, Master Gardener Your plant is dead or dying. What do you do? Often we cannot bring diseased plants back to full health, but identifying the problem may help us avoid making the ...

Fungus gnats are small black flies, also known as sciarid flies, mushroom flies and mycetophilids. They are a very common pest, especially when plants are grown in pots of soil-free compost. In fact, ...

Historic Outbreaks of Coffee Wilt Disease Linked to Gene Transfer from Another Fungus Dec. 5, 2024 — The fungus that causes coffee wilt disease repeatedly took up segments of DNA from a related ...

To identify honey fungus, look for white growths under the bark, bootlace-like threads in the soil, plant dieback and, in autumn, the honey-coloured toadstools. Sheets of white or creamy-white ...

Caused by a two different strains of fungus, the disease appears as a white powdery mildew on plants, lowering crop yields and increasing the dependency on fungicides. The team found the Erysiphe ...

“If we find out exactly how Mortierella works against nematodes, we could perhaps use this fungus specifically as a biological control agent against plant pathogens,” says Büttner, who has ...