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Coconut rhinoceros beetles have been discovered breeding in the tree tops of coconut in Guam. Photo: john_amend_all2000

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including huge losses in Bolivia caused by fruit flies, arboreal breeding behaviour of coconut rhinoceros beetle in Guam and a new technology that could help distinguish the European corn borer from other look-alike species.

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• Decoy Mating Call Battles Citrus Pest
  Scientific American, 3^rd November 2015
• Africa: IITA’s Solution Puts Smallholders’ Food, Nutrition and Income in a Bag
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 2^nd November 2015
• Pineapple genome offers insight into photosynthesis in drought-tolerant plants
  EurekAlert – Agriculture, 2^nd November 2015
• New Zealand: Wheat farmers told to watch for tan spot  
  Radio New Zealand News, 28^th October 2015
• Identifying the European corn borer may become easier with new technique
  EurekAlert – Agriculture, 27^th October 2015
• Fruit fly causes huge losses in Bolivia
  Fresh Plaza, 27^th October 2015
• Tuta absoluta recommendations made at ESBC workshop in Cairo
  International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences, 27^th October 2015
• Diversification, key to sustainable farming
  AgriBiz, 27^th October 2015
• Mexico: hurricane Patricia damage to crops coming in
  Fresh Plaza, 27^th October 2015
• Breeding in the crowns of coconut palms
  EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 26^th October 2015

See more plant health news on the Plantwise Knowledge Bank.

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