Unlike animals, plants do not possess an adaptive immune system with antibodies or T cells to fight viral infections. Instead, they rely on the RNA silencing system, which serves as their innate ...

Wine grapes are an important crop in Michigan. According to the National Association of American Wineries, the overall ...

Fusarium oxysporum is a soil-borne fungal pathogen that causes a group of serious plant diseases known as Fusarium wilts. As ...

Cucumber mosaic virus is a particularly devastating virus for crops. About 90 species of aphids transmit the virus, which affects more than 1,200 plant species. These include numerous agricultural ...

A chewing gum made from lablab beans may be the next big tool in fighting viral transmission. Scientists found that this gum can neutralize influenza and herpes viruses by over 95% by targeting the ...

A University of Maryland study reveals an evolutionary trade-off that young plants face to develop disease resistance.

What steps can researchers take to combat crop viruses? This is what a recent study published in Nucleic Acids Research hopes to address as a team of researchers from Germany investigated a novel ...

Foundation Plant Services, or FPS, annually tests grapevines at its Classic Foundation Vineyard for grapevine red blotch virus, grapevine leafroll associated virus-3 and other economically important ...

The active ingredients have a broad spectrum effect; a series of RNA molecules support the plant's immune system in combating the virus. In laboratory experiments, 80 to 100% of the treated plants ...

Recent testing of material distributed from the Foundation Plant Services Classic Foundation Vineyard at UC Davis, detected ...