Results 41 to 50 of about 945,100 (160)
Crop, Forage &Turfgrass Management, Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2026.Abstract The two‐spotted spider mite (TSSM; Tetranychus urticae Koch) is a major pest of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), causing substantial yield and quality losses in Ethiopia and worldwide. The present study evaluated the impact of tomato branch pruning and trellising on TSSM populations and yield in the Central Rift Valley tomato production area ...
Amhaeyesus Belete +2 more
wiley +1 more source
The Plant Phenome Journal, Volume 9, Issue 1, December 2026.Abstract Fruit size, shape, color, and percent fruit rot are important quality traits for breeding cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.). Image analysis can be used to measure these traits, but affordable hardware for standardized image capture and integrated user‐friendly software pipelines are lacking.
Jeffrey L. Neyhart +8 more
wiley +1 more source
Plant Pathology, Volume 75, Issue 6, November‐December 2026.Avocado productivity in South Africa is constrained by members of the Botryosphaeriaceae fungal family. From 249 isolates across orchards and nurseries, 11 species were identified. Neofusicoccum parvum, Lasiodiplodia theobromae, and Neofusicoccum australe were the most prevalent species, and all three proved pathogenic on avocado stems.
Heike Beukes +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Paecilomyces Rot: A New Apple Disease
, 2018 Paecilomyces niveus is an important food spoilage fungus that survives thermal processing in fruit products, where it produces the mycotoxin patulin.
Megan N. Biango-Daniels, Kathie T. Hodge
core +1 more source
Bacterial ring rot on potatoes [PDF]
, 2013 This fact sheet outlines the disease cycle of ring rot, and approaches for sanitation and control by commercial potato growers and seed potato growers ...
Benedict, Chris +3 more
core +3 more sources
From Rhizosphere to Resistance: Microbe‐Plant Interactions in Eco‐Smart Biocontrol
MicrobiologyOpen, Volume 15, Issue 5, October 2026.Conceptual framework of eco‐smart biocontrol: Root exudates released by plants shape rhizosphere microbial community assembly by selectively recruiting beneficial microorganisms. These microbes suppress phytopathogens through direct mechanisms such as antibiosis, parasitism, enzyme production, and niche competition, while simultaneously activating ...
Shilpy Singh +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Plant Direct, Volume 10, Issue 10, October 2026.ABSTRACT Food security is threatened by climate change, altered precipitation patterns, soil degradation, and overuse of pesticides. These challenges compromise the sustainability of agricultural practices and increase the financial burden on farmers.
Shah Murtaza Rashid Al Masud +6 more
wiley +1 more source
‘More Beastliness Than Beauty’: Gendering Pica in Seventeenth‐Century English Medicine and Culture
Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 752-764, October 2026.ABSTRACT Today, defined as the ‘persistent eating of non‐nutritive substances’, pica is a lesser‐known eating disorder with a long history. Defined in early modern England as the ‘desire to eat absurd things’, pica was explicitly gendered, associated with pregnant women and pubescent girls.
Helena C. Aeberli
wiley +1 more source
Drivers of Soil Community Composition in Apple Orchards: Insights From Environmental Metabarcoding
Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 18, Issue 5, October 2026.Despite uniform management practices, single orchards of the 26 studied had only a small part of total diversity of prokaryotes, protists and fungi. Community assembly was governed primarily by stochastic processes and turnover dominated community composition for all organismal groups. ABSTRACT Soil biodiversity in apple orchards plays a vital role for
Ulrike Obertegger +7 more
wiley +1 more source
Molecular Plant Pathology, Volume 27, Issue 10, October 2026.Csi‐miR3954b targets CsCE70 and CsPLA1, promoting the synthesis of phenolic acids and flavonoids, thereby enhancing citrus resistance to postharvest green mould. ABSTRACT Green mould is one of the major postharvest diseases affecting citrus. Although evidence indicates that microRNAs (miRNAs) participate in plant defence responses, their roles and ...
Jixin Tian +7 more
wiley +1 more source