German agricultural chemist Adolf Eduard Mayer made a startling discovery in 1886. He was studying mosaic disease on tobacco ...

Led by Michelle Flenniken, a team of graduate and undergraduate students is researching honeybee viruses, their impacts on bee health and potential solutions for reducing pollinator losses.

A cottage garden is full of gorgeous flowers without a perfect manicured lawn or landscape. These perennial and annual ...

Minnesota and Iowa were added to the National Milk Testing Strategy on Jan. 8. There are now 36 states involved in the ...

A well-thought-out location can make a big difference in how your plants handle winter. Consider placing your garden where it ...

▪ Topping trees, most notably tree-form crape myrtles. This used to be done to mimosas as well. It ruins the plants’ natural ...

Spring will be here before you know it, and if you're a backyard gardener, you might be making preparations to plant your ...

In the study of infectious diseases, a critical and complex phenomenon is the transmission of viruses across different host species. Such events can lead to ...

Minnesota and Iowa were added to the National Milk Testing Strategy on Jan. 8. There are now 36 states involved in the testing for the avian influenza virus.

It reportedly originated from tainted nutrient medium and belongs to the same strain that caused delays at the Allston site and its European biologics plant in Belgium last year. Genzyme ...

Climate change as an inevitable biological event has impacted plant science, right from molecular biology to agronomy of ...