(Nanowerk News) A water-absorbent coat to keep rust away? It may seem counterintuitive but when it comes to soybean plants and rust disease, researchers from Japan have discovered that applying a ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist harmful bacterial infections and survive drought. The advance, published in ...

I have had trouble with watermelon mosaic virus in the past. Is there a way to cure this or at least control the problem? Watermelon mosaic virus is related to other mosaic virus such as tobacco ...

KANAWHA - An Iowa State University plant pathologist encouraged North Iowa farmers Thursday to remain diligent in tracking potential Asian soybean rust in 2006. Alison Robertson spoke about using ...

Researchers have found that coating soybean plant leaves with cellulose nanofiber (CNF) gives protection against an aggressive fungal disease. The CNF coating changed leaf surfaces from water ...