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Benalla VIC, Australia
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2019-04-18T03:25:00.0000000Z
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Araucaria bidwillii (Bunya pine) pathogen?
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Hi PestNet,  

Bunya Pine, native to Queensland, are commonly grown as ornamentals in Victoria.  This stand has been extremely affected after a long, hot, dry summer in a way never seen in the past 40 years.  Meristems dying …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2019-04-17T14:00:00.0000000Z
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Maize lethal necrosis disease on the decline in Kenya
CABI The Plantwise Blog https://blog.plantwise.org/2019/04/17/maize-lethal-necrosis-disease-on-the-decline-in-kenya/
by Kathryn Reynolds

Plant clinic data collected by Plantwise countries in East Africa has corroborated a statement from the …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2019-04-17T14:00:00.0000000Z
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These suicidal aphids repair their home with their own bodily fluids

Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/these-suicidal-aphids-repair-their-home-their-own-bodily-fluids?utm_campaign=news_daily_2019-04-16&et_rid=389253831&et_cid=2771173

By Alex Fox The gall aphid’s home repair strategy gives new …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2019-04-17T14:00:00.0000000Z
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FAW Guidance Notes
Guidance Note 2.pdf
Guidance note 1.pdf
Guidance Note 4.pdf
Guidance Note 3.pdf
GN-5.pdf

A note from John Wightman

There are 5 FAO position papers that are mainly for Africa but fill out the brief report I sent you. They do show pictures of FAW which tell you that the caterpillar are like muddy coloured S. litura and that the moths have …

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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2019-04-16T14:00:00.0000000Z
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Colorful display of newly described stick insects confounds scientists
Achrioptera maroloko, one of two new Madagascan stick insect species discovered by Frank Glaw, Sven Bradler and colleagues. Maroloko means “colorful” in the Malagasy language. Image by Frank Glaw.

Mongabay https://news.mongabay.com/2019/04/colorful-display-of-newly-described-stick-insects-confounds-scientists/

by Malavika Vyawahare on 16 April 2019

          • Most stick insect species blend into their surroundings to avoid predators.
          • But the …
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          Grahame Jackson
          Sydney NSW, Australia
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          2019-04-15T14:00:00.0000000Z
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          Articles from ProMED Fusarium Tr4 (Israel); Fusarium head blight (China); Wheat stripe rust (India)

          Three articles from ProMED that I seemed to have missed

          1) STRIPE RUST, WHEAT - INDIA: (JAMMU AND KASHMIR) Source: JammuVirasat [edited] http://www.jammuvirasat.com/2019/04/12/the-yellow-rust-disease-of-wheat-severely-affects-the-entire-jammu-regions/

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          Grahame Jackson
          Sydney NSW, Australia
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          2019-04-14T14:00:00.0000000Z
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          Studies reveal "death switch" in plant immune systems

          XinhuaNet http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/07/c_137957743.htm

          BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have discovered a "death switch" in plant immunes system that can activate cell death to limit the spreading of microbial pathogens … Read more...
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          Grahame Jackson
          Sydney NSW, Australia
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          2019-04-14T14:00:00.0000000Z
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          Discovery of two new insects suggest NZ may be home to more exotic insects

          Devdiscourse https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/science-environment/477335-discovery-of-two-new-insects-suggest-nz-may-be-home-to-more-exotic-insects

          Scientists from the Bio-Protection Research Centre have described and named two new exotic insects …

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          Grahame Jackson
          Sydney NSW, Australia
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          2019-04-11T22:13:00.0000000Z
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          Pesticide cocktail can harm honey bees

          Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-04-pesticide-cocktail-honey-bees.html

          by University of California - San Diego

          A recently approved pesticide growing in popularity around the world was developed as a "bee safe" product, designed to kill a broad … Read more...
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          Grahame Jackson
          Sydney NSW, Australia
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          2019-04-11T14:00:00.0000000Z
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          How plants defend themselves

          EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/tuom-hpd041119.php

          Plant immune system detects bacteria through small fatty acid molecules

          TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH (TUM)

          Like humans and animals, plants defend themselves against … Read more...
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