Decay at the terminal portion of the flowering stem of poinsettia, due to infection by Botrytis cinerea Dark blotches are bract inf...

Are you tired of nonstop carols yet? While not as popular as Santa, plants star in many songs of the season – and some of them have spec...

Ahem... For which you should be thankful. Here at the PDIC we focus on the negative impacts of fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and viruses...

How much of this delicious bounty was influenced by beneficial arthropods? As we sit down this Thanksgiving to our turkey, mashed potat...

Insects, like all animals, must survive the winter (in one way or another) to reproduce the next year. There are two main strategies to do s...

So Halloween has come and gone, but it's still Fall (Thanksgiving's on the way!) and everything is already red, yellow and orange. W...

Here in North Carolina, blackberry season is in full swing! For many North Carolinians, that means it is the perfect time to stock up their ...

The strikingly patterned eyed click beetle ( Alaus oculatus ) (Cary, NC). It would be nice if all arthropods were as distinct as eyed...