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Increased awareness of side-effects has reduced post-harvest chemical use on Citrus © Rachel Jones (CC BY-NC)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including chemical-free citrus post-harvest becoming the new standard, how weeds could help feed billions in a warming world and the rehabilitation of banana fields devastated by Xanthomonas wilt in DRC.

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• Chemical-free citrus post-harvest becoming new standard
  Fresh Plaza, 13^th June 2014
• The hunt for maize to resist a fatal East African virus
  SciDev.Net, 12^th June 2014
• Video – Farmers warned over illegal pesticides
  Farmers Weekly, 11^th June 2014
• Kenya: Agriculture ministry moves in to fight tomato pest
  Fresh Plaza, 10^th June 2014
• Nigeria: Farmers Cry Out Over Potato Blight Disease
  The Nigerian Observer, 6^th June 2014
• How Weeds Could Help Feed Billions in a Warming World
  Environment 360, 5^th June 2014
• Wild Relatives of food crops
  The Scientist, 1^st June 2014
• Rehabilitating banana fields devastated by Xanthomonas wilt
  ProMusa, 30^th May 2014
• Rwanda Seeks to Invest in Green Growth Approach
  AllAfrica News, 25^th May 2014
• Potato blight mapped in Europe
  Agripress, 21^st May 2014

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