Citrus greening, a destructive plant disease that affects the health of citrus trees, is devastating the Floridian citrus industry. Researchers and growers race to fine a cure to this vector-spread bacterial infection.
On Nov. 8, Marco Salemi, Ph.D., will leave his role as associate director of research initiatives to serve as interim director of the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute.
When your houseplant starts drooping, it can be hard to figure out what's wrong. Here's a diagnostic guide to help you determine whether your plant has a disease or just needs more water.
A new study from University of Florida and Kansas State University researchers found that bison carry plant-associated fungi in their saliva, with the potential to spread fungi across the prairie.
A UF professor deploys unusual methods in the field to investigate bacteria that infect tomato and pepper crops.
UF/EPI mathematical disease modeler Burton Singer has coauthored a book chapter reviewing the epidemiology of citrus greening.
UF plant pathologists affiliated with both IFAS and the EPI earned the distinction of having a “top-viewed” poster at the virtual annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society.
When it comes to managing risks to food crops from pathogens, landscape connections may be just as key to the spread of diseases as are networked trade routes and a changing climate.
A known pathogenic fungus, so far only reported to cause disease in two crops, has ensnared a third victim: eggplants. UF plant pathologists affiliated with both UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and the EPI, were the first to describe Lasiodiplodia hormozganensis’s jump to a new host.
A new study adds four additional species to the growing list of palm trees susceptible to lethal bronzing disease, for a revised total of 16. Researchers with UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute and the Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences sampled hundreds of palms in Florida to identify the new hosts, all of which are common ornamentals found throughout central and southern portions of the state. They also found the disease has spread to eight new counties.
