Plantwise Blog

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

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