FreshPlaza http://www.freshplaza.com/article/195435/Australian-banana-industry-moving-towards-long-term-management-for-TR4?utm_campaign=highlights&utm_medium=email&utm_source=6/1/2018

The Australian banana industry is moving towards a long …

ABC Online http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-31/gene-drive-technology-considered-in-the-fight-against-feral-cats/9817124

RN Breakfast By Stephanie Smail

Feral cats kill thousands of native animals every minute — now a controversial plan to use gene …

Entomology Today https://entomologytoday.org/2018/06/01/hessian-fly-new-guide-details-wheat-integrated-pest-management/

The Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor)is a world conqueror. Having originated in the Middle East, long ago it spread to most wheat …

SciDevNet https://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/agriculture/opinion/insect-pests-invasions-in-africa.html

Speed read

• Fall armyworm, an invasive pest, has since 2016 invaded most African nations
• But tackling insect pests on the continent has largely …

FreshPlaza http://www.freshplaza.com/article/195886/Citrus-canker-detected-in-Katherine-prompts-further-restrictions-Australia

Unfortunately, Katherine has now joined the list of regions to host the contagious citrus canker, which was first detected …

Science Trends https://sciencetrends.com/history-and-myth-the-genesis-of-modern-day-pests/

by Julio Bernal

From the Old World to the New, mythologies of origins typically portray the emergence of agriculture as a gift or blessing from benevolent gods, …

The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/17/where-have-insects-gone-climate-change-population-decline 

When Simon Leather was a student in the 1970s, he took a summer job as a postman and delivered mail to the villages of …

FreshPlaza http://www.freshplaza.com/article/196617/Australia-Northern-Territory-will-not-destroy-citrus-plants-yet

Despite an eighth case of citrus canker disease being detected, authorities in the Northern Territory have ruled out the widespread …

Science https://www.sciencemag.org/ news/2018/06/africa-s- strangest-trees-are-stranger- thought-and-they-re-dying- mysteriously?utm_campaign= news_daily_2018-06-11&et_rid= 389253831&et_cid=2108824

Africa’s baobab tree looks like something …

ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180606132709.htm

Date: June 6, 2018

Source: Imperial College London

Summary: Pollution is changing the fungi that provide mineral nutrients to tree roots, which could explain …