Plantwise Blog

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

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