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Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the development of diagnostics for Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD),  a coffee pest spreading to other crops in East Africa and farmers testing wheat crops for climate change adaptation.

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• Coffee pest spreading to other crops in East Africa
  SciDev.Net, 12th March 2013
• Yellow rust lies dormant waiting for warm spell
  FWi – Arable News, 12th March 2013
• Farmers testing wheat crops for climate change adaptation
  Bioversity International – Latest news and publications, 11th March 2013
• Cash for diagnostics may help track cassava disease
  SciDev.Net, 11th March 2013
• Kenya: Counterfeit Seeds On the Rise
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 11th March 2013
• Bioscience to battle ash dieback
  EurekAlert! – Agriculture, 8th March 2013
• Plague of locusts ravaging Israel
  FreshPlaza.com, 7th March 2013
• Ecological methods can help solve food insecurity issues
  Global development: Food security | guardian.co.uk, 5th March 2013
• Cote d’Ivoire: Banana and Rubber Tax to Fund Research
  AllAfrica News: Food and Agriculture, 4th March 2013
• Research could cure fusarium headache
  FWi – Arable News, 1st March 2013

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