Plantwise Blog

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

• Black Sigatoka fungus hits Dominican Republic’s bananas
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 21 November 2011
• Cassava Virus Spreading in East Africa
  CropBiotech Update, 18 November 2011
• A Rapid PCR-Based Detection Method of Black Leaf Streak Disease in Indonesian Banana Crops
  CropBiotech Update, 18 November 2011
• Scientists Develop New Product to Boost Kiwifruit Vine Disease Immunity
  CropBiotech Update, 18 November 2011
• Seed garlic pest comes to New York
  FreshPlaza, 17 November 2011
• RL wheat additions offer greater septoria resistance
  FWi – Arable News, 17 November 2011
• US (FL): Citrus greening worse than feared
  FreshPlaza.com, 16 November 2011
• Crop Watch: Tackling mildew and aphids in cereals
  FWi – Arable News, 15 November 2011
• Growers, agronomists urged to send in samples of chickpeas with ascochyta blight
  Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Media Releases, 14 November 2011
• PSA: important discoveries about infection origin
  FreshPlaza, 8 November 2011

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