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Coating tomato fruit with edible gum arabic has been found to enhance their shelf-life © The Ewan (CC BY-SA)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including analysis of the impacts of biotech crops, the role of salt tolerant plants in food production and 6 inventions that can help to prevent harvest loss.

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• Gambia: Towards Food Self-Sufficiency
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 5^th November 2014

• A Meta-analysis of the Impacts of Biotech Crops
  Crop Biotech Update, 5^th November 2014

• CSHL Scientists Discover New Toolkit for Boosting Tomato Yield
  Crop Biotech Update, 5^th November 2014

• Salt Loving Plants to Help Sustainable Global Food Production
  Crop Biotech Update, 5^th November 2014

• Kenya: Climate Knowledge By Farmers Boosts Harvests
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 4^th November 2014

• Four in one fruit fly discovery could ease international trade restrictions
  Fresh Fruit Portal, 30^th October 2014

• Pre-harvest calcium chloride applications reduce post-harvest anthracnose incidence on papaya
  Fresh Plaza, 29^th October 2014

• No more rotten crops: six smart inventions to prevent harvest loss
  The Guardian – Global development: Food security, 27^th October 2014

• India: Drought stalks Telangana
  The Hindu Business Line, 26^th October 2014

• Peru state of emergency against coffee rust disease
  AGROW, 22^nd October 2014

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