Plantwise Blog

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including imminent risk from Desert Locust swarms in Niger and Mali, the Asian psyllid being found on three fruit trees in California sparking worries on citrus greening disease in the area, and the Sigatoka banana disease that is threatening banana production in Ecuador.

Click on the link to read more of the latest plant health news!

• Niger, Mali on alert to desert Locust Risk
  FAO, 5 June, 2012
• US: Asian psyllids found in California
  Fresh Plaza.com 4 June, 2012
• Maize diversity discoveries may help ease world’s hunger pangs
  EurekAlert!-Agriculture, 3 June, 2012
• Ecuador: Sigatoka puts banana producers at risk
  Fresh Plaza.com 31 May, 2012
• Breeders making strides in beet resistance
  Farmers Weekly, 29 May 2012
• NZ govt claims fruit fly prevention success
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 28 May 2012
• Pathenium hysterophorus weed noxious alien plant species invades Arusha
  The Arusha Times, 26 May 2012
• SA starts fruit fly winter offensive releasing male sterile insects
  Fresh fruit portal, 25 May, 2012
• GM Crops in the Philippines Impress Pakistani Farmers
  Crop Biotech Update, 25 May, 2012
• India: Mysterious ‘cracking disease’ affects mangoes
  Fresh Plaza, 25 May 2012

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