Production of banana has declined over the past three decades, primarily due to soil fertility depletion, drought and attacks from pathogens such as banana bacterial wilt, black Sigatoka and fusarium ...

As technology and communication improve, some conventional methods of medical services in animals and humans as well as crop farming will inevitably change.People are demanding more efficient, readily ...

Ginger usually requires regular hand weeding during its growth. Hand weed one month after planting. Later weed frequency ...

Nothing is better than a display of colourful spring flowers in your home, and it turns out you can keep them fresh for much longer is you feed them a few items sitting in your kitchen.

John Wilt will celebrate the music of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Dean Martin with performances March 21 at the Maui Coffee Attic and March 22 at the Historic Iao Theater. Courtesy photo ...

The latter provides the plant lesions in which bacterial infections develop and flourish. Fields with previous Goss’s wilt infections may not see significant disease development without weather ...

Therefore, early detection -- before leaves visibly discolor, wilt or wither -- is crucial. Now, researchers have created a wearable patch for plants that quickly senses stress and relays the ...

This week brings some progress on the other side of the equation, with a team of Korean researchers describing how they've engineered a bacterial strain that can make a useful polymer starting ...

Cancer researchers in China who have been experimenting with bacteria may have cracked the deadliest puzzle hindering treatment of the disease: how to eliminate cancers while evading human immune ...

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