Verticillium wilt is a significant soil-borne fungal disease affecting many plants, including garden and ornamental crops. In Idaho, it poses a significant threat to agricultural productivity and ...

Oh no! What’s wrong with my tomato plant, strawberries and Japanese maple? It could be verticillium wilt, a disease caused by a soil-borne fungus that can affect a wide variety of herbaceous and woody ...

A few years ago, I had a client who had my team site a variety of plants for her. She also had me take a hard look at one of her lilacs. I took my normal analysis of what was going on with the lilac ...

One hidden benefit of gardening in the Klamath Basin is reduced disease pressure, a product of our low humidity. Standing water on leaf surfaces or prolonged, high relative humidity are often ...

Question: My maple tree has one branch that has turned fall color, but the rest of it is still green. Should I be concerned about this branch? Answer: You are describing the first symptom that most ...

Verticillium wilt among olive trees is one of the most devastating diseases for olive trees and one of the main plant health problems in the olive sector. The disease is caused by a fungus called ...

My annual fruit tree pruning classes will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday and Jan. 11 and 25 at the Ahern Orchard near Bonanza Road and Martin Luther King Boulevard. Search and enroll in the classes ...

The green, leafy branches of a maple or ash tree can provide much-needed refuge from the sun during the hot days of summer. Verticillium wilt, a common but often overlooked disease, can destroy that ...

Five of fifty bacteria isolated from Saharan weeds (Xanthium spinosum, Desmazeria rigida and Anacyclus clavatus) growing in the south of Tunisia showed in vitro antagonistic activity against ...

The sunflower leaf mottle and wilt caused by Verticillium dahlie Kleb, is a major disease of the crop. The populations of V. dahliae are variable and physiological races of the pathogen have been ...