Potato scab is a common tuber disease that occurs throughout the potato growing regions of the world. Although scab does not usually affect total yields, significant economic losses result from reduced marketability of the ...

There are three distinct bacterial diseases found on snap and dry beans in New York State: Bacterial brown spot, caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae, common bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. ...

Late blight of potatoes and tomatoes, the disease that was responsible for the Irish potato famine in the mid-nineteenth century, is caused by the fungus-like oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans. It can infect and ...

Traps baited with sex pheromones, the chemicals usually emitted by female insects to attract males of the same species for mating, have become a valuable tool for monitoring pest populations in survey and integrated pest ...

The fungal genus Fusarium causes several diseases on plants known as cucurbits, which belong to the family Cucurbitaceae. Some species of Fusaria are responsible for vascular wilts, such as the crop-specific disease Fusarium ...

Flea beetles are common pests and frequently do serious damage to vegetable crops. Excessive feeding damage by flea beetles can stress and kill young plants. On maturing crops, feeding may scar leaves or fruit, resulting ...