Tomatoes are often the staple of any home vegetable garden and there are ample reasons why. The fruit (often mistakenly considered a vegetable) is tasty, relatively easy to grow and is a versatile ...

Foliar leaf spot diseases and blights of tomato plants are common problems for tomato growers in Delaware and the Mid-Atlantic States. Pathogens survive in plant debris or weed hosts, and are favored ...

Tomatoes are usually the best part of many backyard gardens, but if you’ve ever tried growing them, you know they come with their own challenges. One of the biggest headaches for growers is early ...

Identify & Prevent Bacterial Speck. Bacterial speck of tomato plants is easily confused with other common diseases. Here’s ...

What is it that causes small holes in my tomatoes and eggplants during the summer? Sometimes I had fruit that was partially eaten. What can I do to prevent this from happening this year? - Margo, ...

One way I determine when a garden column topic has risen to the level of sheer crisis is when I get the same question four times on a single bike ride. You see, after more than 35 years of competitive ...

Kalro Director General Eliud Kireger addresses the media at Alupe. [Ignatius Odanga/Standard] The Kenya Agricultural Livestock and Research Organization (Kalro) is ...

Using tomatoes as a research plant, scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered that two plant enzymes that occur in the plant's cell walls cooperate with each other to make ...

Two of my houseplants were not doing well so I placed them outside where they would get better indirect sunlight. They are doing better, but now there are yellow-green mushrooms growing all around ...

The Kenya Agricultural Livestock and Research Organization (Kalro) is optimistic that management practices aimed at controlling diseases affecting tomatoes will bear fruit. Kalro’s Director-General ...