"Stink bugs, in particular the brown marmorated stink bug, can be devastating to tree fruit,” says Blaauw. These pests feed ...

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“They need 30,000 people to buy boxes of apricots,” Christine Eleria-Fairfax, a customer at the farm, told KCRA 3 News. It’s ...

Tomato storage conditions are difficult largely due to Botrytis cinerea infection which causes gray mold disease. However, the effects of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by postharvest ...

Compound A23 exhibited optimal antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea (EC 50 = 0.338 μg/mL), which was superior to those of boscalid (EC 50 = 0.870 μg/mL) and carbendazim (EC 50 = 0.625 μg/mL).

Discover the fascinating world of 'noble rot' in wine-making and the unique chromosome distribution in Botrytis and Sclerotinia fungi.

Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura County, California, an area that produces billions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables each year, much of it hand-picked by immigrants in the ...

People are scared about the current immigration situation,” Sergio Mejia, a supervisor with Baker Produce, said to Fox 13. According to Mejia, the fear of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...