GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Tomatoes represent a $1.9 billion annual crop, nationwide. They’re planted on 330,000 acres across 18 states, but diseases such as bacterial spot can ravage the popular crop.

Eating a ripe tomato fresh from the garden is one of the true pleasures of summer. But growing tomatoes can be challenging, especially if your plants get hit by disease. Knowing how to identify ...

Person holding tomato plant with ripe and unripe tomatoes - Kateryna Dziavoruk/Getty Images Tomato plants don't hide their problems. Leggy plants are getting too much nitrogen, cracked fruit indicates ...

If you have been growing tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) in your yard for any period of time, you've likely experienced the frustration of losing crops to diseases like late blight after prolonged ...

Tomato blight is a catch-all term for a group of serious fungal infections that affect the production and quality of fruit. The fungi attack tomatoes in different ways at different times, with ...

Maybe monsoon season is over and maybe not, but one thing we know for sure — with all this water and heat, we will be in the midst of a perfect storm for fungal diseases on our plants, especially ...

FARGO - The cool and wet conditions our region has been going through may be doing a good job of keeping the grass green and the water bill in check, but be prepared for a possible outbreak of ...

With more than 100 Indian children affected, it could be a variant of hand, foot and mouth disease On the heels of COVID-19 and monkeypox, a viral outbreak of tomato flu has emerged in Kerala, India.