Plantwise Blog

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

• Whitefly, tomato growers find truce in new Texas variety
   EurekAlert!, 5 December 2011
• Weather blamed for rise in violet root rot
  FWi – Arable News, 2 December 2011
• Parasitoids Larvae in Caterpillars Affect Behaviour of Moths
  CropBiotech Update, 2 December 2011
• Scientists Evaluate Effects of Bt Toxin on Worker Honeybees
  CropBiotech Update, 2 December 2011
• Structural Biology Clues to the Success of Plant Diseases
  CropBiotech Update, 2 December 2011
• Spain: Fungus destroys broccoli production
  FreshPlaza, 29 November 2011
• Kenya: Green Tech Reins in Noxious Pests
  AllAfrica News: Food, Agriculture and Rural Issues, 29 November 2011
• Tall fescue helps protect peach trees from nematodes
  EurekAlert!, 29 November 2011
• Biotech Banana Confers Enhanced Resistance to Xanthomonas Wilt Disease
  CropBiotech Update, 25 November 2011
• Big pest, small genome
  EurekAlert!, 23 November 2011

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