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Parthenium hysterophorus is one of the invasive plants that affect food production © Forest and Kim Starr

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the invasive plants posing risk to food production in East Africa, a new tomato variety a hit with farmers in Australia and the use of botanical big data helping to predict how plant species will react to environmental change.

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• New tomato variety fast favourite in AU
  Fresh Plaza, 4^th January 2016
• Texas farmers urged to rotate herbicides
  Crop protection, 4^th January 2016
• Gambia: Food Self-Sufficiency Forms Formidable Challenge in 2016, Says President Jammeh
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 4^th January 2016
• East Africa: Invasive Plants Pose Risk to Food Production in East Africa
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 2^nd January 2016
• Angola: Zaire – River Overflows and Destroys Crops in Mbanza Congo
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 31^st December 2015
• Trichoderma workshop at AVRDC Eastern and Southern Africa
  International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences, 31^st December 2015
• Botanical big data helping to predict how plant species will react to environmental change
  EurekAlert – Agriculture, 21^st December 2015
• Wild bee decline threatens US crop production
  EurekAlert – Agriculture, 21^st December 2015
• Coping with climate change
  The Deccan Herald, 21^st December 2015
• Coffee rust: Historical context and impact
  International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences, 19^th December 2015

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