Bacterial wilt is a common disease affecting crops like tomatoes, tobacco, brinjal, ginger, cucumber, rice, chilli and bananas. The disease is common in moist and humid sandy soils caused by bacteria ...

As summer approaches, LSU plant specialist Raj Singh is warning growers of tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables to beware of a particularly deadly bacteria that may be lurking underground. Caused by ...

Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable grown by gardeners but they have their own set of problems. Every year, I receive numerous phone calls to diagnose multiple problems with tomatoes. They are ...

A team led by CRAG researchers unveils the physico-chemical nature of the xylem barriers responsible for bacterial wilt resistance in tomato plants In order to understand how bacterial wilt resistance ...

Many of you have heard stories or read about the great potato famine which occurred in Ireland during 1840’s and 50s. But did you know it originated in Mexico? In 2009, there was a major outbreak of ...

Announcing this, vice-chancellor Naveen Kumar said that these high-yielding varieties, bred by university’s department of vegetable science, are resistant to bacterial wilt; one of the most ...

Summer is the perfect time for gardening, but the fruits of your labor may be lost due todiseases on the rise in Louisiana vegetables. LSU AgCenter studies show vegetable growers all over Louisiana ...

Journal of Plant Pathology, Vol. 100, No. 1 (April 2018), pp. 43-50 (8 pages) Tomato production is limited in Nigeria by foliar and soil-borne diseases. Most cultivars that command a premium market ...