PlantwisePlus Blog

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

• British wasps protect lettuce and celery from pests
  Plant Science, 20 July 2011
• Modelling the root of crop disease
  Plant Science, 18 July 2011
• USDA Restricts the Importation of Commercial and Noncommercial Quantities of Rice from Countries Where Khapra Beetle Is Known to Occur
  USDA-APHIS Newsroom, 14 July 2011
• UK scientists tackle food security
  Global Food Security, 13 July 2011
• Swiss scientist’s insect-control innovation prevents cassava disease
  African Agriculture, 12 July 2011
• Popular fungicides failing, may cause hard choices for apple growers
  Purdue University, 12 July 2011
• New Biocontrol For Tomatoes
  Growing Produce, 11 July 2011
• Kenya: Alert Over Deadly Coffee Pest Outbreak
   AllAfrica.com, 11 July 2011
• Kenya: Country Experts to Develop Wheat Disease Resistant Crop
   AllAfrica.com, 7 July 2011
• Kenya: Crops Spend the Night Under Mosquito Nets
  AllAfrica.com, 5 July 2011

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