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Apples have been affected by frost and snow (ARS, USDA)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including snow and frost affecting Brazil’s apple crop, Bangladesh decoding the genome of a crop-killing fungus and ways to keep barley yellow dwarf virus under control.

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• Bacillus Subtilis not Always a Good Bacterium, Scientists Reveal
  Crop Biotech Update, 26th Spetember 2012
• Crop Watch – Rain both helps and hinders
  FWi – Arable News, 26th Spetember 2012
• NZ avocado exports in line for rot prediction revamp
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 27th September 2012
• Snow and frost hit Brazilian apple crop
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 28th September 2012
  
• Virginia Tech research program confirms presence of invasive insect in Senegal
  College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 28th September 2012
• Keep barley yellow dwarf virus under control
  FWi – Arable News, 29th September 2012
• Potato ring rot reappears in Idaho
  The Grower, 1st October 2012
• Maize Lethal Necrosis reduces yields for some Kenyan farmers by up to 60%
  African Agriculture, 2nd October 2012
• Nuclear “birth control” helps Croatia fruit farmers fight flies
  CNBC.com, 2nd October 2012
• Bangladesh decodes genome of crop-killer fungus
  SciDev.Net, 9th October 2012

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