Is the microbial friend of my plant, my friend?
“Life would not long remain possible in the absence of microbes.”—Louis Pasteur (Father of Microbiology)
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Plant Pathology
Number of people sickened by toxin in barracuda and other tropical reef fish higher than previously reported
Public health records may significantly underestimate the number of people in Florida who are sickened by a rare dangerous food-borne toxin carried by popular sport fish, including barracuda, grouper and amberjack, according to a new study published online today in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
UF/IFAS finding could help farmers stop potato, tomato disease
A University of Florida scientist has pinpointed Mexico as the origin of the pathogen that caused the 1840s Irish Potato Famine, a finding that may help researchers solve the $6 billion-a-year disease that continues to evolve and torment potato and tomato growers around the world.
UF/IFAS expert helps solve 80-year mystery, as team identifies fungus killing torreya trees
An 80-year search for a tree killer has ended, says a University of Florida forest pathologist who helped identify the fungus that virtually wiped out the Florida Torreya and fears it may threaten other species.
