Plantwise Blog

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

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