Take-all root rot is a fungal disease that causes bright yellow, weak, brown and dead patches in turfgrass. This disease severely affects St. Augustine grass but can also affect centipede grass and ...
A thriving plant does not begin with glossy leaves or colorful blooms. Real strength starts underground, where roots wrestle with moisture, oxygen, microbes, and gravity every hour of the day. When ...
A plant can look vibrant, glossy, and full of life one week, then suddenly collapse like a deflated balloon the next. Leaves droop, stems soften, and that once-happy green color fades into something ...
RECENT observations on the brown root rot complex of tomatoes caused Last and Ebben 1 to support the view of Termohlen 2 that a fungus which produces a grey sterile mycelium in culture is responsible ...
Root rot can affect indoor and outdoor plants, but it is most common in container gardens with poor drainage. Water isn’t the only thing to blame when root rot strikes your plants—fungi is usually the ...
Chickens meander up a path that is acting as a drain in a saturated garden. Lee Oliphant Special to The Cambrian At last, the rain has come. The song by South African a cappella singing group ...
If you have a yard full of trees (don’t worry about palms because they are not a host for this fungus) and shrubs, be on the lookout for the mushrooms of Armillaria root rot. It is a fungus that can ...
The fungal disease “oak root rot” (Armillaria mellea) has evolved with California oaks and other native plants. It is parasitic on oaks and other plant species, but if these plants are growing in our ...
If your houseplant looks worse for wear but you can't identify the cause, it may be suffering from root rot. This common plant ailment can develop unseen beneath the soil’s surface, weakening your ...
Reader comment: Concerning the problem of root rot that some are experiencing (Nov. 15 column): Rhus ovata is very susceptible to attack by root-rot fungi. We planted one on the north side of our new ...