Plantwise Blog

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

• Ethiopia: Tuta absoluta is extending its damage to the potato tuber
  Fresh Plaza, 20 December 2011
• Kenya: Hope for avocado as country sets wasps on fruit flies
  FreshPlaza, 20 December 2011
• Israeli green pest control
  FreshPlaza, 20 December 2011
• Scientists crack locust colour code to predict swarms
  SciDev.Net, 13 December 2011
• Thermotherapy rids azaleas of deadly fungal disease
  EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 13 December 2011
• Tiny protein helps bacteria ‘talk’ and triggers defensive response in plants
  EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 12 December 2011
• Pakistan: Virus may affect kinnow production this year
  FreshPlaza, 12 December 2011
• Grain aphid insecticide resistance found
  FWi – Arable News, 9 December 2011
• MU researchers identify key plant immune response in fight against bacteria
  EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 8 December 2011
• Biological control of peanut stem rot
  Resource, 8 December 2011

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