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Brown marmorated stink bugs are a major pest © David R. Lance, USDA APHIS PPQ (CC BY)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the use of Stink Bug saliva in pest control, FAO’s article on empowering women in agriculture and new research into the delayed resistance of pests to Bt crops.

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• Disease Ravages Tanzania Crops
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 10^th March 2014
• Aflatoxin Contamination Poses Huge Challenge to Food Safety
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 9^th March 2014
• Inspiring change for rural women in Bangladesh through the use of agricultural biodiversity
  Bioversity International, 7^th March 2014
• Empowering women in agriculture
  FAO News – Agriculture & crops, 7^th March 2014
• Africa: Crop Pests ‘Vastly Underestimated’ Warns Study
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 6^th March 2014
• Predators delay pest resistance to Bt crops
  EurekAlert – Agriculture, 4^th March 2014
• Namibia: Low Pressure Drip Irrigation the Way Forward for Small Farmers
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 4^th March 2014
• Entomologists update definitions to tackle resistance to biotech crops and pesticides
  EurekAlert – Agriculture, 2^nd March 2014
• Stink Bug Saliva Proteins Used To Control Pests 
  redOrbit, 27^th February 2014
• Sensor-based irrigation systems show potential to increase greenhouse profitability
  EurekAlert – Agriculture, 25^th February 2014

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