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Ivory Coast has had a record cashew output (Photo: Joao Vicente, CC BY)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including Tanzanian stakeholders concerned about whitefly pest, biocontrol in Kerala’s banana plantations and a record output of cashews in Ivory Coast.

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• Tanzania: Stakeholders Concerned About Whitefly Pest
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 15th February 2016
• New target found in search for new, more effective herbicide
  EurekAlert – Agriculture, 11th February 2016
• Record cashew output for Ivory Coast
  Fresh Plaza, 11th February 2016
• Nigeria: Why We Developed Drought Resistant Crops – Professor Izge
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 10th February 2016
• Maize lethal necrosis field day demonstrates promising maize germplasm
  CIMMYT Blog, 10th February 2016
• Uganda: Scientists Make Breakthrough in Blight-Resistant Irish Potatoes
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 10th February 2016
• Naturally Occurring Plant Enzyme to Increase Wheat Yields
  Crop Biotech Update, 10th February 2016
• Uncoding a citrus tree killer
  EurekAlert – Agriculture, Fresh Plaza, 9th February 2016
• Kerala banana plantations’ bio pest control
  Fresh Plaza, 8th February 2016
• South Africa’s fruit industry damaged by fire, drought
  Fresh Plaza, 8th February 2016

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