Plantwise Blog

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

• New locust threat in Madagascar
  FAO, 21 June 2011
• US: Tiny fly causes big trouble for Oregon’s fruit farmers
  Fresh Plaza, 20 June 2011
• ‘Super wheat’ resists devastating rust
  SciDev Net, 17 June 2011
• Weeding out Africa’s witch plant
  New Agriculturist, June 2011
• U.S. Announces Support for the Africa-led Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa
  International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences (IAPPS), 15 June 2011
• Banana Bacteria Wilt Rages On
  allAfrica.com, 15 June 2011
• Entomologists Launch 5,000 Insect Genome Project (i5k)
  Entomological Society of America, 14 June 2011
• Salivating over wheat plants may net Hessian flies big meal or death
  Purdue University News Service, 14 June 2011
• PestWebNZ gives farmers new tool to combat pests and weeds
  ‘Scoop’ Independant News, 13 June 2011
• Genome offers clue to functions of destructive wheat fungus
  Purdue University News Service, 13 June 2011
• New Research Facility Will Help Safeguard the Supply of Global Wheat Crops
  USDA Agricultural Research Service, 13 June 2011
• Farmers plant their hopes on cell phones
  African Agriculture, 12 June 2011

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