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Maize plants infested by Striga © IITA (CC BY-NC)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including Striga resistant maize yielding well in Kenya, scientists in the UK  finding a potential way to control leaf blotch disease in wheat and a grant under the Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI) to help small scale rice producers by creating better linkages in the rice value chain.

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• Philippines boosts banana funding
  Asiafruit, 11^th February 2015

• Predicting plant responses to drought
  EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 10^th February 2015

• USDA: $30 million to fight citrus greening
  Fresh Plaza, 10^th February 2015

• Using Plant and Crop Extracts to Enhance Rural Household Food Security
  Annals of Botany blog, 10^th February 2015

• Kenya: Good News for Maize Farmers As Striga Weed Kept At Bay
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 10^th February 2015

• Nigeria: Nigeria, Ghana, Others to Benefit From U.S.$3.3 Million Rice Production Grant
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 10^th February 2015

• New Coffee Policy in the Offing, Says Agric Minister
  EIN Agriculture, 10^th February 2015

• Kenyan tomato farmers count losses after pest attack
  Fresh Plaza, 9^th February 2015

• Africa: World Expo Can Give New Impetus to Efforts to Eradicate Hunger – FAO Director-General
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 7^th February 2015

• Scientists find potential way of controlling leaf blotch disease in wheat
  EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 5^th February 2015

See more plant health news on the Plantwise Knowledge Bank.

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