The Plantwise Blog

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the wild bananas that could help overcome TR4 Panama disease, the effect of El Niño on potato crops in Peru and the farmers in Tanzania who are being urged to grown drought resistant crops.

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• Indian onion growers advised on disease prevention
  Fresh Plaza, 15^th January 2016
• Philippines hit by Panama disease
  Asiafruit, 12^th January 2016
• Wild bananas could help overcome TR4
  Eurofruit, 8^th January 2016
• India: Measures to prevent spread root-wilt disease
  Fresh Plaza, 8^th January 2016
• Peru: El Niño affects Arequipa’s potato crops
  Fresh Plaza, 7^th January 2016
• Kenyan Regulator to Release Decision on GM Crops This Month
  Crop Biotech Update, 6^th January 2016
• Citrus greening disease threatens Florida’s oranges
  Fresh Plaza, 6^th January 2016
• Tanzania: Farmers Urged to Grow Drought Resistant CropsAllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 5^th January 2016
• Zambia: ZNFU Tips Farmers on Crop GrowingAllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 5^th January 2016
• Turkish tomato farmers suffer results of frost
  Fresh Plaza, 5^th January 2016

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