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The proportion of coffee producing areas used to cultivate shade-grown coffee is decreasing (Fernando Rebelo, GFDL)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the postharvest pathology of beans, a reduction in the proportion of shade grown coffee and the filamentous fungus that may be effective at controlling sugarcane nematodes.

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• Rwanda in Tea Boom
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 22^nd April 2014
• Shade grown coffee shrinking as a proportion of global coffee production
  EurekAlert – Agriculture, 16^th April 2014
• The rich diversity of birds in rice field ecosystems
  SciDev.Net, 16^th April 2014
• Wheat’s Wild Ancestors Give Clue to Ug99 Resistance
  Crop Biotech Update, 16^th April 2014
• Filamentous Fungus may Effectively Control Sugarcane Nematodes
  Crop Biotech Update, 16^th April 2014
• Postharvest pathology of beans
  Fresh Plaza, 15^th April 2014
• Gambia: Farmers Trained On Compost Making in CRR
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 15^th April 2014
• Pakistan steps up mango treatment to avoid EU ban
  Asiafruit, 14^th April 2014
• Worm Subverts Plant Attack  
  The Scientist Magazine, 3^rd April 2014
• Monitoring and Managing Mycotoxins on Maize in Kenya
  Agrilinks, March 9^th 2014

See more plant health news on the Plantwise Knowledge Bank.

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