How to use Trichoderma to protect home plants from root diseases and promote better growth

Transforming your indoor garden into a resilient ecosystem starts with understanding ‘The Green Guard.’ The efficient use of ...
Science Daily

Can The Right Potting Mix Replace Fungicide?

Potting mixes custom-tailored to fight plant diseases can work much better than systemic fungicides. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant pathologists Leona Horst, James Locke and Charles Krause ...
Phys.org

How soil microbes help plants resist disease

Plants can't self-isolate during a disease outbreak, but they can get help from a friend—beneficial soil microbes help plants ward off a wide range of diseases. Now, Texas A&M AgriLife scientists have ...
Purdue University

Modern tomatoes can’t get same soil microbe boost as ancient ancestors

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Tomato plants are especially vulnerable to foliar diseases that can kill them or impact yield. These problems require a number of pesticides in conventional crops and make ...