Science news articles about 'crop disease'

... adapt to maize – a process that today has led to its emergence as an economically important crop disease. "Understanding the chain of events that trigger the emergence of novel pathogens is a major ...

... who could change the world. Dr Dodds is part of a team at CSIRO Plant Industry that researches a plant disease called rust - one of the most significant and devastating crop diseases in the world...

Two diseases are attacking banana crops across central Africa, putting about 30 million people at risk in regions where it is a staple.

Australia has developed a new variety of chickpea that is resistant to common crop diseases and produces high yields.

... the wind for hundreds of milesThe world's leading crop scientists issued a stark warning that a deadly ... Uganda in 1999 — is a new variety of an old crop disease called "stem rust", which has already ...

Selective compounds engineered to battle crop disease, not harm beneficial species