Every year, plant diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, and fungi contribute to major economic losses. The prompt detection of these diseases is necessary to curb their spread and mitigate ...
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an electronic patch that can be applied to the leaves of plants to monitor crops for different pathogens, such as viral and fungal ...
Diagnosing plant disease is essential to meet the world’s growing food demand, which is expected to increase with a population of 9.1 billion by 2050. Diseases can reduce crop yields by 20-40% , so ...
Researchers have developed a new technique that uses microneedle patches to collect DNA from plant tissues in one minute, rather than the hours needed for conventional techniques. DNA extraction is ...
Plant diseases don't stop at a nation's borders and miles of oceans don't prevent their spread, either. That's why plant disease surveillance, improved plant disease detection systems and predictive ...
Roboticists from Cornell AgriTech have developed an autonomous robot that is capable of scouting for grape diseases in ...
Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz / Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, Vol. 103, No. 1 (Februar 1996), pp. 85-93 (9 pages) In perennial crops like coconut, arecanut, oil ...