A study finds small-scale tree cover in Costa Rica boosts biodiversity while limiting dangerous mosquito species.

The little pinprick spots on apples, pears, mangos, avocados, and potatoes are called lenticels (LEN-tih-sells), and they’re very important. Plants need a constant stream of fresh air, just like ...

However, apple trees are prone to diseases like apple scab, alternaria leaf blotch, and apple rot, which devastate apple yields and cause major losses for apple growers. Disease in apple plants mostly ...

Beautiful blooming trees add color and beauty to your yard. This list of flowering trees with pictures will help you decide ...

Abstract: Diseases in fruit cause ... features is used to classify the apple into two types, healthy and defected with an accuracy of 96% using Histogram of Oriented Gradients feature descriptor and ...

Eventually, the affected tree leaves fall off and litter the ground. Anthracnose is a common spring fungal disease causing these blotches. This year, maple leaf blister and Phyllosticta leaf spot ...

I was roughly 40 minutes into a forest trek to find morel mushrooms. The prized culinary ingredient appears for only a few weeks when lilacs bloom each spring. But almost nobody in the foray I had ...

The proposal seeks to enhance tree canopy coverage across streets and open spaces while responding to the growing threat posed by the Ash Dieback disease, which is already affecting up to 10,000 ...

Dr. W. A. Murrill, Acting Director of the New York Botanical Garden, believes, after seeing a branch, that the chestnut trees of Sullivan and Orange Counties, N. Y., are the victims of peculiar ...