Apple, as a globally vital economic crop, often suffers severe yield reductions due to leaf diseases such as rust, powdery mildew, and brown spot. Traditional disease identification methods heavily ...

Prune apple trees in late winter or early spring to prevent disease and help healing. Limit pruning to 25 percent of the tree ...

The small industrious wood ant can do more than just build high nests in spruce forests. A newly published article in the journal Microbial Ecology reveals that ants combat a range of plant diseases, ...