Update: Plant Health News (25 Feb 15)
Hereâs a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the Giant African land snails invading Cuba, the debate over GM bananas in Uganda and a new report from the World Food Programme on connecting farmers to markets. Click on the link to read more of the latest plant health news!
Tuta absoluta, a new invasive invading India
Tuta absoluta (commonly known as tomato leaf miner) is a devastating pest of tomato which originated from South America. It can breed between 10-12 generations a year and each female can lay upto 250-300 eggs in her life time.  This pest has been very quickly crossing borders and devastating tomato production in both protected and open fields.…
Plantwise linking policy to practice
Contributed by Melanie Bateman, CABI Switzerland Quarantine, then and now During the 1400s, it is estimated that one third of Europeâs population died of the plague. In order to slow its spread, some cities adopted radical measures. For example, the Viscount of Reggio, Italy, decreed that anyone sick with the plague should be moved to…
Myanmar newspaper covers plant clinic opening
Click here to download: Agr Dep opens plant clinic in Myanmar-The Global New Light of Myanmar
Update: New Pest & Disease Records (18 Feb 15)
We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this fortnight include the first report of passiflora root-rot of passion fruit caused by two species of Globisporangium in Japan, a study into grey mold and sclerotinia rot of okra plants and the…
Update: Plant Health News (11 Feb 15)
Hereâs a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including Striga resistant maize yielding well in Kenya, scientists in the UK  finding a potential way to control leaf blotch disease in wheat and a grant under the Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI) to help small scale rice producers by creating better linkages in…
TOMORROW: CABI joins line-up at The Economist FTW 2015
How do we feed 9 billion people by 2050? And why aren’t we feeding 7 billion people in 2015? These are the headline questions to be delved into at The Economist’s Feeding the World annual event, this time hosted in the Netherlands and welcoming industry experts from policy, research, corporate and non-government organizations centred around…
Plant clinics helped improve my yield
I meet Rose Wanjiru Ireri in her 2.5 acre farm in Mbeere inspecting her crops. From the smile on her face, it is apparent that her plants are healthy. âI grow oranges, mangoes, cassava and vegetables on my farm. I also produce a lot of bananas for sale.â She currently has over 100 banana plants…
PerĂș: Dos nuevas clĂnicas de plantas para los agricultores Lambayecanos
Autores: Martha Passador (CABI) y Juan Pablo GonzĂĄles (EEA Vista Florida) English summary follows Debido a las necesidades de asistencia en algunos puntos mĂĄs lejanos de la regiĂłn de Lambayeque en PerĂș, y mediante dos nuevos mĂłdulos de asistencia tĂ©cnica, en el cual las ClĂnicas de Plantas forman parte del componente de diagnĂłstico y recomendaciĂłn…