Photo guide to plant diseases: identify what's plaguing your plants and stop disease dead in its tracks
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The guide contains photographs of 20 plant with diseases. Most are caused by fungi. For each disease the symptoms, cause, and remedy is given. Some of the diseases are: damping off, powdery mildew, bacterial blight, verticillium wilt, brown rot, apple scab, leaf curl, black spot and others.
Publication Name: Organic Gardening
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0897-3792
Year: 1995
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'Would you like some weird genes with that?' (genetically engineered plant foods such as Monsanto's pesticide resistant Roundup Ready soybeans)
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Some of the genetically engineered produce in the market, such as Calgene's Flavr Savr tomatoes, are not popular. Yet, companies such as Monsanto, Ciba-Geigy and DuPont continue to market them. Negative effects may include new allergens introduced into food. Labeling is not yet mandatory
Publication Name: Organic Gardening
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0897-3792
Year: 1997
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The plant that devoured Wisconsin
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Botanist Joseph Colosi is using a $45,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to try to learn to control the strange plant that is taking over cornfields throughout the US and devouring the crops.
Publication Name: Organic Gardening
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0897-3792
Year: 1993
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