Rust fungus, despite a name that would make homeowners think it would grow on iron, is a notorious nuisance when it comes to ...

For nearly six years, a fungus that's commonly known as rust has killed so many coffee trees in Central America that scientists have speculated the region could lose up to 40 percent of its coffee ...

If your hucks have a few (or many) branches with swollen, reddish-brown stems that look unusual, the most likely culprit is a rust fungus (Pucciniastrum goeppertianum). Also called Evergreen Huckl ...

Our “rainy season” is a good time to talk about rust disease in plants. Some years we have huge outbreaks of this plant disease, and other years, not so much. While there’s no way to predict ...

What you see as the orange beads is the sporulating rust fungus common on plumeria and cannas during the summer. The fungus can begin growth at any time but normally needs moist warm to hot weather.

Heard of the new gladiolus rust disease? Neither had we until a recent e-mail from an East Bay gardener who'd just had an unexpected encounter with U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel.

Formidable fungal force counters biofuel plant pathogens Date: May 3, 2011 Source: DOE/Joint Genome Institute Summary: An international team of researchers has compared two rust fungal genomes to ...

At issue is a fungus called coffee rust that has caused more than $1 billion in damage across Latin American region. The fungus is especially deadly to Arabica coffee, the bean that makes up most ...

At issue is a fungus called coffee rust that has caused more than $1 billion in damage across Latin American regions. The fungus is especially deadly to Arabica coffee, the bean that makes up most ...