Here’s a taste of some of the latest news stories about plant health:
- It Takes a Community of Soil Microbes to Protect Plants from Disease
ScienceDaily, 7 May 2011 - Disease-resistant coffee stuck in Ugandan labs
SciDev.Net, 9 May 2011 - Study Shows Corn Gene Provides Resistance to Multiple Diseases
North Carolina State University news room, 5 May 2011 - Long-term prospects to cut pesticide use in maize
ENDURE, 28 April 2011 - Florida researcher working on disease-resistant grapes
Southeast Farm Press, 28 March 2011 - Perfect storm brewing for Fusarium Head Blight of wheat in southern Illinois
ACES News (University of Illinois), 27 April 2011 - Scorpion venom – bad for bugs, good for pesticides
Michigan State University, 27 April 2011 - Lollipops with Side Effects
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, 26 April 2011 - Can Wasps Squash The Stink Bug Plague?
NPR (National Public Radio), 26 April 2011 - ‘Push–pull’ pest control to reach more African farmers
SciDev.Net, 26 April 2011
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