A group of researchers are on the brink of a promising sustainable solution to coffee leaf rust, one of the coffee industry’s ...

Wet weather during the hot summer or cooler winter months can cause disease problems for our lawns and shrubs.

Incidence was low in all locations, as the rust just started producing spores, Chen added. Chen had cautioned in his April update that weather conditions would be turning favorable for the fungus.

Rust fungi bounce back and forth between these two different host plants, spending part of the year inside certain rose family species (like serviceberry, hawthorn, crabapple, and apple), and the ...

Rust fungi bounce back and forth between these two different host plants, spending part of the year inside certain rose family species (like serviceberry, hawthorn, crabapple, and apple), and the ...

The rust fungus seems like a natural occurrence, especially as the leaves decline in the fall. I have developed the practice of removing plumeria leaves that are still on the tree every year in ...

A rust fungus was in the process of infecting about one-third of the country’s wheat, and winds had carried its spores far and wide, coating everything in their path.

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved the release of a rust fungus to control the spread of Chilean needle grass, an invasive weed that not only harms animals, but has the ...

A type of rust fungus could be the answer to an invasive Asian plant that is waging war on some of Britain's riverbanks. Himalayan balsam can erode riverbanks and grow to heights of up to three ...

The fungus can infect at least 380 Australian species in the Myrtaceae family. You can spot myrtle rust by its clusters of bright yellow powdery spores on the new leaves, fruits, flowers or stems ...

More information: Nicholas Greatens et al, Aecial and Telial Host Specificity of Puccinia coronata var. coronata, a Eurasian Crown Rust Fungus of Two Highly Invasive Wetland Species in North ...