Whether you’re a novice or avid gardener, discovering your greenery is dealing with a disease is never a pleasant surprise. One frequent problem that often pops up during the warmer months: powdery ...

From crop fields to vegetable gardens, yield-impacting diseases must be managed well to produce a great harvest. Certain management practices can help you protect your long-nurtured crops, including ...

Powdery mildew is a fungal disease affecting many plants, causing a white or gray coating on leaves and slowing growth. The fungus thrives in warm, dry weather with high humidity, especially in ...

When powdery mildew pops up on your roses, here's get rid of this common plant disease fast. Powdery mildew appears as white or gray spots on roses, usually during warm, humid conditions. Catching ...

If you've started to notice tiny, white, powdery, or splotchy spots on your plants, you might be dealing with a common fungal disease known as powdery mildew. While it typically doesn't cause ...

UC Davis researchers have uncovered important genetic clues about the pathogen that causes grape powdery mildew, among the most destructive vineyard pests throughout California and the world.

Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. Powdery mildew is a widespread and easy to recognize ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. May ...

Q. Is there any way you could help in figuring out what is wrong with our lilac? – C.B. via email. A. Lilacs are quite susceptible to a fungal disease called powdery mildew, which causes a ...

It creeps into the garden on humid summer nights, coating leaves with ghostly white: powdery mildew. From bee balm to phlox and lilacs to apple trees, hundreds of common garden plants can be ...

The grayish white powdery growth you are seeing on the dahlia leaves is caused by a fungus and can also be a common garden problem on other plants. Many species of fungi can cause powdery mildew on ...