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Phytopathology
Phytopathology: is also known as plant biology and is a science that includes knowledge of botany, microbiology, crop science, soil science, ecology, genetics, biochemistry and physiology. The primary goal of this science is to diagnose and manage plant diseases. It encompasses all infectious agents that attack plants and antibiotic disorders. Approximately 10 percent of food production is lost to disease.
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DEC 16, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Fraser firs are farmed to supply us with great-smelling Christmas trees that hold their needles, but they are also susce ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2018Videos
A fungus called hemileia vastatrix causes a serious plant disease called coffee leaf rust.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2015Microbiology
An epidemic of coffee rust, caused by a pathogenic fungus, has ravaged Latin American plantations over the past couple o ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Plant parasitic nematodes, such as the well-known root-knot nematode and the cyst nematode, invade plant roots near the ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
DEC 16, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Fraser firs are farmed to supply us with great-smelling Christmas trees that hold their needles, but they are also susce
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2018
Videos
A fungus called hemileia vastatrix causes a serious plant disease called coffee leaf rust.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2015
Microbiology
An epidemic of coffee rust, caused by a pathogenic fungus, has ravaged Latin American plantations over the past couple o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 30, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Plant parasitic nematodes, such as the well-known root-knot nematode and the cyst nematode, invade plant roots near the
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich