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Hurricane Manuel devastated crops when it hit Mexico last year (NASA)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including a new device that can identify plant pests, the estimated economic loss from Mexican mangoes damaged by Hurricane Manuel and a new study into the optimal production of sweet potato.

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• Food Security Increased by New Scientific Model in Agricultural Production
  International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences, 7^th May 2014
• Mexico: Hurricane Manuel mango losses estimated at 200 million pesos
  Fresh Plaza, 6^th May 2014
• Brazilian apple orchards declared free of codling moth
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 6^th May 2014
• Hawaii: $700K to combat invsive coffee berry borer
  International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences, 5^th May 2014
• Nigeria: Nasarawa Earmarks N700 Million for Fertiliser in 2014 Farming Year
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 29^th April 2014
• Saving crops and people with bug sensors
  EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 29^th April 2014
• Indian Monsoons Are Becoming More Extreme
  Scientific American, 29^th April 2014
• Optimizing sweet potato production
  EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 28^th April 2014
• Tanzania: Biotech Crops Gain Increasing Global Popularity
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 27^th April 2014
• Soybean Gets New Defense Against Soybean Cyst Nematodes
  Crop Biotech Update, 23^rd April 2014

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