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Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2017-12-16T04:00:00.0000000Z

LUCID December 2017 Newsletter

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2017-12-16T04:00:00.0000000Z

Fungus relies on bacteria to regulate key components of its reproductive machinery

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2017-12-fungus-bacteria-key-components-reproductive.html

To better understand how beneficial organisms (symbionts) are transmitted between host generations, researchers investigated the role of bacterial that lives …

Symbiosis_Burkholder_bacteria_Rhizopus_microsporus

Burkholderia_endobacteria

Regulation_of_sexual_reproduction

Cornell_University

Lipid_metabolism

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2017-12-16T04:00:00.0000000Z

Plant pathologists discover unusual evolutionary transition in common bacteria

PhysOrg https://phys.org/news/2017-12-pathologists-unusual-evolutionary-transition-common.html

by Chris Branam

It's the "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" in a nursery setting.

There are mostly benign species in the soil-borne, …

Rhodococcus

Oregon_State_University

Plasmids

Transitioning_between_pathogenic_and_beneficial

Diagnosis

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2017-12-15T04:00:00.0000000Z

The amazing diversity – and possible decline – of mushrooms and other fungi

PhysOrg https://phys.org/news/2017-12-amazing-diversity-decline-mushrooms-fungi.html

By Alexander Weir, The Conversation "Whatever dressing one gives to mushrooms…they are not really good but to be sent back to the dungheap where they are …

Diversity_of_mushrooms

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2017-12-14T14:00:00.0000000Z

MSU-licensed technology wins top industry awards for combatting plant diseases

Montana State University

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/msu-mtw121417.php BOZEMAN- A Montana State University-licensed technology is being used in an agricultural product that industry leaders are touting as one of the best on …

Lifeguard

Biological_pesticide

Bacillus_mycoides_isolate_J

Montana_State_University

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2017-12-14T14:00:00.0000000Z

FROSTY POD ROT, COCOA - JAMAICA: SPREAD

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: Thu 14 Dec 2017 12:00 AM Source: The Gleaner [edited] <http:// …

ProMED

Jamaica

Frosty_pod

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

Identification request

2017-12-12T08:00:00.0000000Z

Coconut disease, Fiji - Request for identification

Dear Pestnetters,

Can anyone help me id the disease attached please.

Toloi Vasuidreketi Plant Protection Koronivia Research Station Fiji

Posted on user's behalf

Fiji

Coconuts

Yellowing_leaves

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

Identification request

2017-12-11T18:00:00.0000000Z

Moth intercepted in Falkland Is on sage from Uruguay - Request for identification

Dear All

Can anybody identify this moth from the attached photos? We believe it arrived from Uruguay on imported sage and was given to us as a green caterpillar which we reared and hatched. It’s just shy of 20mm long and has distinctive tufts …

Falkland_Islands

Sage

Uruguay

Interception

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2017-12-11T08:00:00.0000000Z

Articles from CropBitechUpdate: photosynthesis & drought

CropBiotechUpdate Max Planck Researchers Engineer Key Enzyme in Photosynthesis

http://www.isaaa.org/kc/ cropbiotechupdate/article/ default.asp?ID=16044

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry have succeeded in producing functional …

Photosynthesis

Drought

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2017-12-10T18:00:00.0000000Z

Pest & Disease Management - Nursery hygiene

Horticulture Week https://www.hortweek.com/pest-disease-management-nursery-hygiene/ornamentals/article/1452693

How to create an effective hygiene programme that will support profitable growing.

Pests and diseases occur on nurseries because …

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