When Wellars Habiyaremye, a 42-year-old farmer from Nyakiriba Sector in Rubavu District, first encountered the Kinigi potato in 1995, he had no idea it would define his livelihood and shape his family ...

Modern phenotyping and plant disease detection provide promising step towards food security and sustainable agriculture. In particular, imaging and computer vision based phenotyping offers the ability ...

The monsoon season requires special care for vegetable gardens. Choose hardy crops like spinach and radishes. Raise garden ...

A panelist discusses how recent clinical studies on dry eye disease emphasize the importance of precise diagnosis and targeted treatments such as cyclosporine formulations and varenicline nasal ...

A panelist discusses how dry eye disease involves tear film imbalance, leading to inflammation and ocular surface damage, emphasizing the importance of precise diagnosis and tailored treatment ...

The FDA has approved Tryptyr (acoltremon) as the first TRPM8-targeting eye drop for dry eye disease, stimulating natural tear production as early as day one.

The absence of vultures led to a doubling of fly populations at carcass sites, which could affect human health, since these flies can carry diseases like botulism and anthrax, and antibiotic ...

Ballarat region potato farmers warn of dry season impacts Will Australia see another ‘chip surcharge’? Floods forced a fried potato tax three years ago, and now the dry is taking hold.

One farmer in Victoria's west has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of broccoli, during a dry spell described by another as the worst since the millennium drought.

Bacteria belonging to the genus Pectobacterium are the causal agent of soft rot disease in diverse crops including potato. This disease is very difficult to control and no promising methods have been ...

A fungal disease that affects plant tissues has been detected in Prince Edward Island potato crops. Black dot disease — named for the fine black spots that appear on infected roots, stems and ...

At times, disease outbreaks have dramatic outcomes, like the Trickle Mountain die-off. Between 1992 and 1993, pneumonia reduced the Saguache County population from 400 bighorn sheep to 200.