A virus responsible for damaging cotton crops across the southern United States has been lurking in U.S. fields for nearly 20 ...

According to new research, cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV), long believed to be a recent arrival, was infecting plants in cotton-growing states as early as 2006. A virus responsible for ...

A new discovery could help grape growers roll back a devastating virus that withers vines and shrivels harvests. A new discovery by Washington State University scientists could help grape growers ...

(Foundation Plant Services / UC Davis) Recent testing of material distributed from the Foundation Plant Services Classic Foundation Vineyard at the University of California, Davis, detected zero cases ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

A pair of English Springer Spaniels called Zinny and Sauvi B have been recruited to hunt down vineyard-destroying bugs in California. The dogs’ acute sense of smell is being used to detect ...

The dogs’ acute sense of smell is being used to detect mealybugs, which infect grapevines with a killer virus called leafroll 3. A study in the Lodi wine-growing region, known for its fine ...