Plantwise Blog

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Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including IPM advice for coffee-growers in Colombia, the latest on cashew pests in Vietnam, and already predictions are being made for lemon and mango production in 2013.

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• US (FL): Citrus growers warned over black spot spread
  FreshPlaza.com, 27 March 2012
• Jamaica: Growers must adapt to greening disease
  FreshPlaza.com, 23 March 2012
• Saving Kenya’s Maize Crop
  CropBiotech Update, 23 March 2012
• How Rice Blast Fungus Achieves Full Virulence
  CropBiotech Update, 23 March 2012
• Fungi to hit Peruvian mango and lemon production in 2013
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 23 March 2012
• EU: Invasion of Asian fruit fly
  FreshPlaza.com, 19 March 2012
• Vietnam: Major pest and disease attack on cashews
  FreshPlaza.com, 19 March 2012
• Salt-tolerant wheat a breakthrough for better yields
  Environmental News Network, 16 March 2012
• An integrated pest management program for coffee berry borer in Colombia
  EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 14 March 2012
• Mexico: Counties declared fruit fly free
  FreshPlaza.com, 13 March 2012

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