The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has confirmed presence of impatiens downy mildew in the state again this year. Caused by a fungus, impatiens downy mildew damages leaves resulting in ...

If you have shady areas in your landscape, you are likely familiar with a very popular, reliable and commonly grown summer bedding plant called impatiens (Impatiens walleriana). These tender ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Recently I mentioned how bunnies and earwigs were enjoying my impatiens, which prompted a listener to pipe up about a problem with the potential to be much more devastating than ...

Downy mildew of impatiens is a serious disease in the United States, caused by the fungus-like Oomycete, Plasmopara obducens. Originally found in Europe, impatiens downy mildew was detected in ...

Q: I read your article on the disease that is affecting impatiens. Mine are dying from it. The recommendation was not to plant impatiens next year or maybe longer than that. I'm curious as to why the ...

Q: My mirror leaf viburnum plants are losing their leaves. This is an established privacy hedge, and I don't want to lose this green wall between me and the neighbors. The leaves get spots and then ...

Basil can add a little zest to any meal. But downy mildew disease threatens the herb’s very existence. University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers are trying to ...

Georgia vegetable farmers should be on alert as downy mildew disease has been spotted in at least three southern Georgia counties this spring. Additional counties could follow as weather conditions ...

At the end of the summer, my cranberry-bush viburnum lost nearly all of its leaves. They started to turn brown and blotchy, then they dropped. What could have caused this? Cranberry-bush viburnums ...