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