PlantwisePlus Blog

Here’s a taste of some of the latest news stories about plant health:

• Rising prices make corn insect control more beneficial
  Southeast Farm Press, 11 April 2011
• Ozone reduces fungal spoilage of fruits and vegetables
  ScienceDaily: Latest Science News, 11 April 2011
• Potential New Pest of Fruit – Spotted Wing Drosophila
  Weekly Crop Update, 8 April 2011
• Ug99 lineage races confirmed in Tanzania
  Borlaug Global Rust Initiative, 5 April 2011
• Pest analysis laboratory to be set up in Kenya
  African Agriculture, 5 April 2011
• Fire Blight Controls Under Fire
  Growing Produce – Fruit News, 5 April 2011
• Cartoons provide extension
  The New Agriculturist, March 2011
• Wheat crop hit by disease in China
  Business Spectator: NEWS – Agribusiness, 31 March 2011
• Getting Closer to a Better Biocontrol for Garden Pests
  USDA Agricultural Research Service, 31 March 2011
• Kenya: Resistant wheat
  African Press International, 25 March 2011

If there’s another news story you’d like to highlight, please post a comment.