Fire blight has been found for the first time in Estonia © R. Grimm (CC BY-NC license, Bugwood.org)
Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the fight against black sigatoka in Dominica, discovery of fireblight in Estonia, and CIMMYT’s introduction of a variety of wheat tolerant to Ug99 in Bangladesh.
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- Uganda develops Vitamin A rich bananas
FreshPlaza.com, 18 July 2012 - Team discovers how western corn rootworm resists crop rotation
EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 19 July 2012 - Dominica attacks Black Sigatoka
Dominica News Online, 17 July 2012 - Fireblight found in Estonia
FreshPlaza.com, 23 July 2012 - Costa Rica: Pest harms pineapple sector
FreshPlaza.com, 23 July 2012 - Banana emergency measures now underway in Ecuador
Fresh Fruit Portal, 24 July 2012 - Mali: Mali-Niger – Locusts Spawning Disaster
AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 24 July 2012 - Update on the Red Palm Mite in Mexico
NAPIS Pest Tracker News, 17 July 2012 - Bangladesh to Benefit from Wheat Variety Tolerant to Ug99
Crop Biotech Update, 27 July 2012 - Malaysia: New weapon against banana disease
FreshPlaza.com, 31 July 2012
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