Update: Plant Health News (27 Mar 13)

Damage by codling moths, now rare in Brazil © Clemson University (CC BY licence)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including work in Uganda to save the Irish Potato in Kabale, Brazil nearing eradication of a major fruit pest, and farmers testing wheat for climate change adaptation.

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Update: Plant Health News (13 Mar 13)

A US$9.4 million injection aims to improve research and collaboration on CBSD © Anne Sweetmore/NRI

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the development of diagnostics for Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD),  a coffee pest spreading to other crops in East Africa and farmers testing wheat crops for climate change adaptation.

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Update: Plant Health News (30 Jan 13)

Climate change could increase drought in Africa © Anne Wangalachi/CIMMYT (CC BY-NC-SA licence)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including an update on GM rice, an estimate of crop production loss due to climate change in Africa and details of trials aiming to halt Psa spread in New Zealand.

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Update: Plant Health News (07 Nov 12)

Effect of codling moth on apples (Credit: Richard001, via Wikimedia Commons)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including a breakthrough in developing salt-tolerant crops, biocontrol of apple pests and aphid resistance found in black raspberry.

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Update: Plant Health News (24 Oct 12)

Oil seed rape is susceptible to a number of diseases (Credit: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA licence)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including reports of Aster yellows infecting 60% of Canadian Canola, the identification of a recent maize virus in Kenya and the development of dual disease resistant Cassava.

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Update: Plant Health News (10 Oct 12)

Apples have been affected by frost and snow (ARS, USDA)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including snow and frost affecting Brazil’s apple crop, Bangladesh decoding the genome of a crop-killing fungus and ways to keep barley yellow dwarf virus under control.

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Update: Plant Health News (26 Sept 12)

Lemons are amongst the citrus fruits affected by drought in Bolivia © Amada44 (CC BY licence)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including droughts affecting Citrus in Bolivia, discovery of a phosphorous-boosting gene in rice and improved tea cultivars in Malawi.

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Update: Plant Health News (12 Sept 12)

Red spider mites are infesting coffee trees in Colombia © Gilles San Martin (CC BY-SA license)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including banana wilt affecting crops in Uganda, red spider mites infesting Colombian coffee plantations, and new varieties of rice resistant to Rice yellow mottle virus.

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