Banana Xanthomonas Wilt- infected banana plants in banana farm. (Photo credit: IITA Image Library via Flickr.com)
Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including reports linking pesticide use to reduced cocoa and oil palm yields in Ghana, an unidentified maize disease in Kenya, and the destructive banana disease in Congo-Kinshasa that is threatening food security.
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- Kenyan fruit & veg sales drop after chemical ban
Fresh Fruit Portal, 22 May 2012 - Two wheat candidates promise step up in yield
Farmers Weekly, 22 May 2012 - Congo-Kinshasa: ‘Banana Aids’ Threatens Social Fabric On Idjwi Island
AllAfrica News, 21 May, 2012 - Crop Scouting Cards Now Available
Iowa State University, 21 May 2012 - Predicted corn rootworm hatch begins for 2012
Iowa State University, 21 May 2012 - Ghana: Cocoa and Palm Oil Crop Failures Linked to Pesticides
SciDev.Net., 18 May 2012 - Drought Tolerant Maize Boosts Farmers’ Harvests in Tanzania
Issue of Crop Biotech Update, 18 May, 2012 - Kenya: Farmers’ Concern Over Strange Maize Disease
The Star, 17 May 2012 - Bean Leaf Beetles are Moving to Soybean
Iowa state University, 17 May 2012 - Tanzania: Locusts Destroy Rice Farms in Katavi
Tanzania Daily News, 17 May 2012
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