Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an electronic patch that can be applied to the leaves of plants to monitor crops for different pathogens, such as viral and fungal ...

We demonstrate the use of laser photoacoustic detection (LPAD) as a highly sensitive method to detect in planta nitric oxide (NO) production from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). LPAD calibration against ...

Every year, plant diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, and fungi contribute to major economic losses. The prompt detection of these diseases is necessary to curb their spread and mitigate ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed a new technique that uses microneedle patches to collect DNA from plant tissues in one minute, rather than the hours needed for conventional techniques. DNA ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller on Wednesday issued the following statement after being notified by the U.S.

APHIS confirms a New World screwworm case in a 22-month-old bovine transported from Veracruz to a feedlot in Nuevo León.

It's the second detection at that same feedlot since October. No other cases were linked to the earlier incident, and both appear tied to livestock moved north from southern Mexico. Texas remains free ...