Q: Can you tell me what is wrong with this carrot that I pulled from my garden today? Is it still edible? A: It looks like ...

The agency’s study of a group of tomato plants treated with salicylic acid revealed that a phytoplasma pathogen was present in 94% of the untreated plants and only 47% of the treated plants. The study ...

Aster yellows is a viral disease caused by phytoplasma pathogens and transmitted to marigolds by leafhoppers. When the bugs feed on the leaves of an infected plant, they become lifetime carriers of ...

They are produced by vegetative propagation, a process during which the plants are grafted together to pass on a parasite known as a phytoplasma which helps produce its branching form. Though the ...

They protect the entire food supply of our state. Welcome to one of the nation's unique agricultural labs, where plant ...

Caroline Gisera of Kisii ATC says the two varieties were developed following experiments to identify the insect that transmits the phytoplasma bacteria which causes the napier stunt disease.