PlantwisePlus Blog

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

• Finland: Colorado beetles could spend winter in fields
  Fresh Plaza, 25 October 2011
• Kenya restricts banana seedling movements to contain disease
  FreshFruitPortal.com, 24 October 2011
• Building capacity to overcome wheat rusts
  CIMMYT’s blog, 25 October 2011
• Breakthrough for flood-tolerant crops
  Farmers Weekly, 21 October 2011
• Severe damage to coconut cultivation in Sri Lanka due to leaf disease
  Fresh Plaza, 18 October 2011
• Latin American melon farmers could suffer from U.S. disease scare
  FreshFruitPortal, 18 October 2011
• US: $5.7 million grant awarded to fight stink bugs
  Fresh Plaza, 18 October 2011
• Light leaf spot risk set to remain high
  Farmers Weekly, 17 October 2011
• US: Citrus pest again seen in Nogales
  Fresh Plaza, 13 October 2011
• Climate change could spread major coffee pest
  SciDev.net, 12 October 2011

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