Bacterial leaf scorch is a chronic, eventually fatal disease that has devastated many shade trees in Kentucky landscapes and street plantings since the 1980s. Since then, an increasingly large number of urban plantings and historic trees have been destroyed as…

Wood decay leads to loss of tree vigor and vitality, resulting in decline, dieback, and structural failure.  Wounds play an important part in this process since they are the primary points of entry for decay pathogens. The UK Extension publication,…

Greenhouse and high tunnel environments, which tend to be warm and humid, often create ideal situations for disease development. Because diseases can cause extensive damage, their management is essential to production of high quality, marketable products. While challenging, these environments…

Botrytis blight, often referred to as gray mold, is a common and potentially destructive disease that can infect and spread quickly in a wide range of hosts (Table 1). It frequently occurs in greenhouses since environmental conditions in these structures…

Diplodia ear rot of corn can reduce yield and grain quality by damaging kernels, lowering grain test weight, and reducing grain fill. Incidence of affected ears in the field can vary from 1 to 2 percent to as high as…