If your houseplant looks worse for wear but you can't identify the cause, it may be suffering from root rot. This common plant ailment can develop unseen beneath the soil’s surface, weakening your ...

Root rot: These two little words can strike fear in the heart of any plant parent. But what exactly is this mysterious horticultural affliction — and does it mean saying goodbye to your snake plant or ...

Wilting leaves, mushy stems, and stinky soil are all signs that your snake plant is suffering from root rot. It's a common problem for this popular houseplant, and stems from overwatering or poor air ...

"Root rot" might be the two most dreadful words in the gardening language. Healthy shrubs and flowers afflicted with root rot suddenly start to decline, and the next thing you know, they've collapsed ...

Brown stem rot is a common soybean disease in the north central U.S. that can cut yields up to 15%. 1 It’s one of a trifecta of associated conditions you should monitor carefully — the others being ...

Sclerotinia crown and stem rot, also called white mold, can be one of the most destructive diseases of alfalfa. The pathogen that causes this disease, Sclerotinia trifoliorum, infects the alfalfa ...

Potato growers face a persistent late-season threat: aerial stem rot (ASR), a bacterial disease primarily caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum. Often emerging after thunderstorms and other weather ...