A fungus is a tiny plant-like organism that obtains its nourishment from dead or living organic matter. Some examples of fungi include mushrooms, toadstools, smuts, molds, rusts, and mildew. Fungi have long been recognized as a serious threat to...

Fungicides are chemicals that inhibit the growth or attack of fungi. Fungi can attack agricultural crops, garden plants, wood and wood products (dry rot in particular is a major problem), and many other items of use to humans. Fungicides usually kill...

Fungicides are chemicals that inhibit the growth of fungi. Fungi can attack agricultural crops, garden plants, wood and wood products (dry rot in particular is a major problem), and many other items of use to humans. Fungicides usually kill the fungus...

A chemical substance that kills...

Fungicides are chemical compounds used to prevent the spread of fungi or plants in gardens and crops, which can cause serious damage resulting in loss of yield and thus profit. Though oomycetes are not fungi, they use the same mechanisms to infect...

Agriculture experts say farmers should be on alert, but not panicked, by the discovery of Asian soybean rust in a kudzu patch in Iberia Parish. The fungus, often lethal to soybeans, has been found in southern Louisiana earlier than last year."Right now, it's just sit...

Coastal state forests are experiencing a resurgence in Swiss needle cast disease, a fungus that kills the evergreen needles on Douglas fir trees by interrupting the process of photosynthesis.Aerial surveys conducted by the Oregon Department of Forestry show 338,543 acres infected by the disease _...

A worldwide effort to save frog populations from a mysterious killer fungus calls for 500 frogs of 500 species to be held in biosecure facilities.Next week, members of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums will meet in Hungary to discuss the effort, called Amphibian...

Potato farmers in southeastern Idaho got a look at a possible weapon to fight weeds, insects and erosion: oriental mustard-seed plants. That plant and others were on display Tuesday at the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, where farmers are getting advice...