Background: The role of the crop environment as a conduit for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through soil, water, and plants has received less attention than other sectors. Food crops may provide a link between the agro-environmental reservoir of AMR and acquisition by humans, adding to existing...

The realities of climate change and global world trade could be playing into the hands of plant pathogens, none more so than Xylella fastidiosa. A relatively unimportant and parochial pathogen 50 years ago, it has become one of the most important plant diseases in the world threatening crop...

Background: Microbial resistance to medically important antibiotics is of international concern. There is considerable attention paid to the medical and veterinary use of antibiotics but there is a paucity of data on their use in global crop production. The only well documented use of antibiotics...

There is a growing opportunity to deliver mobile technology-based training on the diagnosis of plant health problems and to explore experiential learning through simulation in the developing world. Solving knowledge problems in plant health en masse would have a vast impact on global food security. ...

The Plantwise Diagnostic Field Guide has been designed to help plant doctors and other agricultural advisors diagnose plant health problems before making management recommendations. The guide provides images and descriptions of many typical symptoms associated with factors that harm plant health....

During surveys conducted in October 2010, plants of Sauropus androgynus growing in small plots in Poring Springs, Sabah, Malaysia, were noted showing proliferations of miniature leaves (reduced laminar and petiole length) at the apex of the plant emerging from cut stems where the plants had...

Filamentous fungi in the genus Colletotrichum are destructive pathogens that cause disease and crop losses in plants worldwide. Taxonomy and nomenclature in the group is confusing, even to scientists working in the field, and inaccurate diagnosis of species is not uncommon. In this review, we...

Colletotrichum is the causal agent of anthracnose and other diseases on leaves, stems and fruits of numerous plant species, including several important crops. Accurate species identification is critical to understand the epidemiology and to develop effective control of these diseases....