The Mojave Desert species is thriving at a solar farm near Las Vegas, perhaps because the panels slow evaporation.

“The only time we saw crown rot symptoms thus far is by jabbing young plants with an inoculated toothpick,” Jackson-Ziems said. “Using that technique, several fusarium species could cause crown rot, ...

Synthetic pheromones may be a promising tool in attracting and culling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish, which rapidly ...