It’s always useful to keep in mind that when we buy a certain variety of fruit tree we are the beneficiaries of clonal propagation; that is, the fruit we harvest is coming from canopy growth (called a ...

Lichens survive in a very wide range of habitats worldwide. Amazingly, more than 400 species can be found in Maryland.

Striking too early could cause irreversible damage ...

Oranges are facing citrus greening, a deadly disease spread by the Asian citrus psyllid. Florida scientists and growers are ...

The arboreal fungus appears on the branches of trees in the genus Prunus. In Minnesota, that means cherry and plum trees.

Walk into any American supermarket today and you'll find the same fruits stacked neatly in the produce aisle. Apples from ...

The trees once hailed in 1922 as outliving the city itself didn’t survive 20th-century “progress” and the big dumb cars that ...

Tennessee health officials are investigating a fungal infection outbreak that has killed at least one person and sickened ...

Flavortop nectarine in July. Nectarines are a fuzzless variant of peach, a recessive gene that was found and propagated ...

Nature gives rise to fascinating adaptations, which can sometimes lead to organisms living in some strange situations. The relationship between bark beetles, spruce trees, and a type of fungus is a ...

If you have an orchard plagued generation after generation by oak root fungus (ORF, Armillaria mellea), disease resistance should be at or near the top of your list of rootstock attributes. Rootstock ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Michigan is the nation’s third-largest producer of Christmas trees. This season, growers are working hard to keep up with holiday demand while also battling ...