USDA citrus disease app ©FreshPlaza.com
Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the launch of the USDA’s ‘Save Our Citrus’ app, how disease-resistant bananas have proven to be a success in Jamaica, and a video of aphids reacting to a pheromone alarm.
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- Tanzania: Disease Is a Menace to Banana Growers in Bukoba
AllAfrica news: Food and Agriculture, 13 April 2012 - VIDEO: Alarm pheromone flushes out aphids
FWi – Arable News, 12 April 2012 - USDA mobile app identifies citrus diseases
FreshPlaza.com, 12 April 2012 - Jamaica: Disease resistant bananas boost local production
FreshPlaza.com, 11 April 2012 - Tackle fungal forces to save crops, forests and endangered animals, say scientists
EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 11 April 2012 - India: Mango output hit by pest and disease
FreshPlaza.com, 10 April 2012 - New blight strain shouldn’t alarm potato growers
FWi – Arable News, 10 April 2012 - Black cutworm moths abundant and on the move
Farm Industry News, 9 April 2012 - A bit touchy: Plants’ insect defenses activated by touch
EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 9 April 2012 - Uganda: ‘Caterpillars Not a Threat to Food’
AllAfrica news: Food and Agriculture, 6 April 2012
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