Plantwise Blog

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

• Herbicide choice for high blackgrass dormancy
  Farmers Weekly, 30 August 2011
• NZ: pest costs potato industry US$101M
  FreshFruitPortal.com, 30 August 2011
• Banana threatened by old, new pathogens
  African Agriculture, 29 August 2011
• Yellow leaf spot resource
  Australian Government Grains Research & Development Corporation, 29 August 2011
• New races of wheat stem rust, Ug99 group in Mozambique and Zimbabwe
  Borlaug Global Rust Initiative, 24 August 2011
• A better test for a potato pest
  EurekAlert, 23 August 2011
• New Citrus Pest Alert
  Growing Produce, 22 August 2011
• New wheat yellow rust race confirmed
  Farmers Weekly, 22 Augsut 2011
• Cassava: preparing for a perfect storm
  International Center for Tropical Agriculture, 18 August 2011
• Rust warning for northern crops
  Australian Government Grains Research & Development Corporation, 15 August 2011

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