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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-26T02:00:00.0000000Z
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FAO e-Agriculture Newsletter issue 2

There's an interesting article here about use of ICTs to fight the fall armyworm. Scroll down, and click on "read more" or go to

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Grahame Jackson
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2018-02-25T14:00:00.0000000Z
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Spotted Lanternfly: States Urge Citizens to Report Sightings of Invasive Insect Hitchhiker
The spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) tends to aggregate in great numbers, such as shown on this backyard tree. Says one entomologist who tracks the pest: “This pest has such a tremendous potential to breed and increase its population size that it can overwhelm individual properties and entire communities almost overnight.” (Photo credit: Lawrence Barringer, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org) Tree of Heaven - Ailanthus altissima. Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is the preferred host plant for Spotted Lanternfly, but the insect will also feed on many other species of plants including, fruit trees, grapes and hops. (Public domain image) Egg masses of the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) are very inconspicuous and may be laid on virtually any surface. (Photo credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture) The spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) passes through four nymphal instars. The first three instars are black with white spots (such as the one pictured at right). The fourth instar (left) develops red patterning on the head, thorax, and abdomen, while still retaining some white spotting. (Photo credit: Lawrence Barringer, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org) First encountered in the United States in Pennsylvania in 2014, the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) had spread to New York, Delaware, and Virginia by early 2018. The invasive insect threatens Tree of Heaven as well as grapes, hops, and fruit trees, and it has a penchant for hitchhiking. Anyone sighting spotted lanternfly is urged to report it to their state agriculture department or local extension office. (Photo credit: Lawrence Barringer, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org)

By Meredith Swett Walker

It was a spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula), a sap-sucking insect …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-25T14:00:00.0000000Z
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CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS - PORTUGAL: NORTHERN AND CENTRAL

A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org> ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org> Date: February 2018 Source:  European Plant Protection Organization ( …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-25T06:00:00.0000000Z
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Australian and NZ authorities on alert for new pest
Image - United States Dept of Agriculture

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Marmorated stink bug increases risk for horticulture

Australian and New Zealand authorities are on heightened alert for a new pest in the brown …
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-24T14:00:00.0000000Z
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Australia: Stink bug found in Perth warehouse

FreshFruitPortal https://www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2018/02/23/australia-stink-bug-found-perth-warehouse/?utm_source=Freshfruitportal.com&utm_campaign=12dfce52b7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_09f78bd3b2- …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-24T04:00:00.0000000Z
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Special Report: Invasive species are a crisis for Guam and the Pacific, right now
PestNetters might be interested in a report on the coconut rhinoceros beetle outbreak on Guam which I wrote for Invasive Species Awareness Week:
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-23T04:00:00.0000000Z
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Illegal avocado plantation in Mexican Monarch Butterfly reserve

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This Wednesday Mexican environmental inspectors found a three hectares illegal avocado plantation in the Monarch Butterfly wintering …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-22T14:00:00.0000000Z
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GUMMY STEM BLIGHT, CUCURBITS - CHINA: (NORTHEAST)

A ProMED-mail post <http://www.promedmail.org> ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases <http://www.isid.org> Date: February 2018 Source: Journal of Phytopathology [edited] <http:// …

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Grahame Jackson
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2018-02-22T04:00:00.0000000Z
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University of Singapore: Nanoparticles used for pesticide screening

FreshPlaza http://www.freshplaza.com/article/189890/University-of-Singapore-Nanoparticles-used-for-pesticide-screening

Detecting pesticide residues quicker and more efficiently

Previously undetectable traces of a common vegetable pesticide have been …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-02-21T18:00:00.0000000Z
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Meta-Analysis of 21 Years of Data Reveals Benefits of GE Maize

Among the major genetically engineered (GE) crops commercially grown in 26 countries, maize has the highest number of approved events …

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