Even with today's advanced agricultural technologies, plant diseases can still be extremely devastating to crops, causing billions of dollars in losses worldwide every year. Begomoviruses represent a ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Shannon Mutschelknaus grows a wide variety of peppers on his farm, Wayward Springs, northeast of Brookings. These peppers are sold to hot sauce makers around South Dakota and ...

Pruning pepper plants improves branching, root health, and fruit ripening. Early-season pruning focuses on developing strong ...

There’s a clear pain point when it comes to drug discovery: Depending on which study you cite, creating an approved drug costs anywhere from $985 million to $2.6 billion. And R&D returns have ...

These images show how plants with both pepy-1 and Pepy-2 genes can tolerate challenging viral infections much better than plants with only one or none of these resistance genes. Even with today’s ...