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Ants and mealybugs work together to harvest food from cocoa trees  © Malcolm Tattersall (CC BY-NC-SA)

Ants and mealybugs work together to harvest food from cocoa trees © Malcolm Tattersall (CC BY-NC-SA)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including foot rot disease attacking basmati crop in Punjab, Australian authorities intercept citrus pest on curry leaves and the ants that are threatening cocoa crops.

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