The biotic cause of peach fungus gummosis (PFG) is Botryosphaeria dothidea, which infests the tree through its natural lenticels ... There are no approved fungicides to cure this disease effectively ...

If you have fruit trees and are hoping for an abundant harvest, it is time to act. It won’t be long now before buds break and begin to flower, closing ...

Centuries ago, however, tribes in the Four Corners cultivated vast orchards of an heirloom variety called the Southwest peach. Today, a young tree next to Reagan Wytsalucy’s home in Blanding is one of ...

Growing up in Ulster County, my family had a solitary peach tree on our property. If we knew what the professionals did, we would have tied one of these strange colored bands (below) around one of its ...

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Also known as blue stain fungus for the stain it leaves in the wood of infected trees, Grosmannia clavigera is carried to the host trees by pine beetles and weakens the trees’ natural defense system, ...

Since Georgia is called the "Peach State," then it must be the leader in peach production, right? Well, not exactly. While Georgia is a significant peach producer, recent agricultural statistics ...

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease that causes a condition called hyperthyroidism. With this condition, your thyroid gland creates too much thyroid hormone in the body. Graves’ disease ...