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Symptoms of cassava brown streak disease on cassava leaves © CABI

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including some homegrown news of Plantwise data used to study the global spread of crop pests, cassava brown streak disease wreaking havoc in Rwanda, and fireblight hitting Canadian apple orchards hard.

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• New study charts the global invasion of crop pests
  EurekAlert, 27th August 2014

• India: Arabi crop in Dharampur infested with Blight disease
  Hindustan Times, 31st August 2014

• Western Europe: Drosophila suzukii red alert
  FloraCulture International, 5th September 2014

• Canada: Apple fire blight hits 90% of Nova Scotia orchards
  CBC News, 3rd September 2014

• Drought Leaves up to 2.8 Million Hungry in Central America
  Scientific America, 4th September 2014

• Australia: Citrus growers warned of gall wasp threat in Sunraysia crops
  Fresh Plaza, 3rd September 2014

• Argentina: Se unen en la lucha contra el HLB [Unite in the fight against HLB]
  ElEntreRios.com, 30th August 2014

• Sesame catching on in southeast U.S.
  The Frederick News-Post, 31st August 2014
  

• Bangladesh: Drastic fall in production of kagozi lebu in Jhalakathi
  The Daily Star, 22nd August 2014

• Rwanda: Cassava farmers wary as viral disease ravages crops
  The New Times, 3rd September 2014

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