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Soybean cyst nematode and egg

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including lack of rain leading to crop losses in India and Guatemala,  discovery of how cyst nematodes attack plants, and increased effort to stop the spread of maize lethal necrosis in Kenya.

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• China Crop Pests Add to Global Corn Pressure
  The Wall Street Journal, 15 August 2012
• Mexican Black Sigatoka control project hits financial roadblock
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 16 August 2012
• Kenya Steps Up Measures to Contain Deadly Maize Disease
  Scientific American, 22 August 2012
• Scientists Discover How Nematodes Attack Crops
  Western Farm Press, 8 August 2012
• Underground solution to starving rice plants
  EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 22 August 2012
• Guatemala loses half of 2012 maize crop to drought
  Fox News Latino, 23 August 2012
• Poor monsoon rains hit millions of Indian farmers
  Associated Press, 28 August 2012
• Uganda: Plant Disease May Lead to Hunger
  allAfrica.com, 25 August 2012
• Northern Ireland potato blight warning issued
  FreshPlaza.com, 20 August 2012
• Mexico: Cultivation of limes may disappear
  FreshPlaza.com, 28 August 2012

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