Your description of the problem suggests that you are having an issue with anthracnose. Oaks, sycamores, birches, dogwoods and elms are other commonly infected trees. Anthracnose refers to a group of ...

The Midwest corn crop has endured a pressure cooker of disease problems this season. Now, the aftermath of stress from disease and weather extremes in many areas are contributing to anthracnose top ...

Photograph Caption: Early results of a USGA-funded research project at Rutgers University strongly suggest that a weekly application of potassium nitrate during the growing season reduces anthracnose ...

Anthracnose leaf blight and stalk rot of corn, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum graminicola, is a disease of worldwide importance. Yield losses can approach 40% and up to 80% lodging has been ...

This was supposed to be a column all about the poetic and magical connection between mothers and their gardens — how starting way back in days of yore, when we were all bearskin-wearing ...

Foliar diseases in sorghum are primarily a problem in the United States—in the Delta, southeast and Mid-Atlantic states—where humid and rainy weather favor their proliferation. Of these diseases, ...

A few years ago, I had a client who had my team site a variety of plants for her. She also had me take a hard look at one of her lilacs. I took my normal analysis of what was going on with the lilac ...

Question: I have noticed that a lot of very mature (> 80 ft) sycamore trees look ill. They don’t seem to have as many leaves, or as large as they usually get and some have already turned brown and ...

Photograph Caption: Early results of a USGA-funded research project at Rutgers University strongly suggest that a weekly application of potassium nitrate during the growing season reduces anthracnose ...