There have been reports that 2024 has been a bad year for apple scab in both fresh-eating apples and crab apples. Apple scab infections on fruit start off olive-green and turn into a rough, cork-like ...

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Rain scald is one of the most common skin conditions in horses and is often seen after prolonged periods of rain. It’s caused by Dermatophilus congolensis, which is a bacterium that behaves both like ...

A quarantine for the fungal citrus pathogen known as sweet orange scab, has expanded into Los Angeles and Ventura counties as multiple infected trees have been discovered, according to the California ...