Plantwise Blog

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

• Mexico: fruit flies damaging orange crops in Veracruz
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 29 September 2011
• Ghana: Engaging cocoa growers through text messaging from AgInfo News
  World Education, 26 September 2011
• Tanzania: Regional Crisis as Sugarcane Production Falls
  AllAfrica News: Food, Agriculture and Rural Issues, 25 September 2011
• Scientists Develop New Potato Lines to Wage War on Wireworms
  CropBiotech Update, 23 September 2011
• Farmers Adopt New Method to Grow More Rice With Less Water
  AllAfrica News: Food, Agriculture and Rural Issues, 21 September 2011
• Filipino banana growers fear fungal outbreak
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 21 September 2011
• Kenya: Local Scientists Develop Weed-Resistant Sorghum
  AllAfrica News: Food, Agriculture and Rural Issues, 20 September 2011
• US: Guava fruit fly invades Florida’s orange groves
  FreshPlaza.com, 16 September 2011
• Soybean Vein Necrosis Virus Confirmed in DE, MD and VA
  Weekly Crop Update, 16 September 2011
• Stripe rust keeps changing its stripes
  Producer.com, 1 September 2011

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