Whether you’re a gardener, naturalist or just a lover of wildlife, plant identification can be a wonderful hobby. Armed with ...

Plant pathogens cause diseases with a range of different symptoms. These symptoms can be used to identify the pathogen and then treat the disease, or limit its effects. Pests can also cause damage ...

A study published in Device details how researchers have developed a robot capable of identifying different plant species at ...

Farmers and gardeners often use books and the internet to identify plant diseases. They can also take a small cutting of an infected plant (or a photograph of it) to a local garden centre ...

Researchers in China have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages of growth by "touching" ...

Tomatoes are a critical source of nutrients and remain one of the most widely cultivated fruits globally. However, intensive ...

We can now identify precise genes that are facilitating disease progression, and tools like CRISPR-Cas9 enable us to edit genomes and manipulate plants, so that they can resist specific diseases.