These plants were cultivated to resist common diseases like powdery mildew and root rot. Elha Wulansari / GETTY IMAGES In a perfect world, our plants thrive and blossom without a single setback—but ...

ASHEVILLE, NC - April 29, 2013 at 10 am, volunteers from the Carolinas Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) will gather to plant 100 potentially blight and root-rot resistant American ...

Foresters are looking to hone their management of Douglas fir trees in the wake of a new state report that says a changing climate likely will worsen the spread of a root-devouring fungus. A special ...

The application of genetic engineering to food crops is controversial, and rightly so. Critics worry that changing genetics may have harmful, unanticipated effects on food safety and the environment.

Honey fungus is causing root rot in trees and orchards in South Carolina, posing a threat to one of the nation’s largest peach industries. The Armillaria root rot, also know as oak root rot, is ...

In 2014, I wrote an article on the demise of the American chestnut tree due to the invasive chestnut blight. I’ve been reading the up-to-the-moment research, and I thought I would give a hopeful ...