PestNet

USDA ARS https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm#inbox/WhctKKXPbdrgsXwKpqwZXhLsfBHXQNkdgZbGTprfpXKhdlPZZJqFGqcXNSZMrnZhcbkBLWg

For media inquiries contact: Autumn Canaday, (202) 669-5480 Researchers within the Agricultural Research Service's …

IAEA

We would like to inform that the January 2022 edition of the Insect Pest Control Newsletter (No. 98) is now available on our website:

EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/938883

Identification of an enzyme that microbes deploy in the presence of plants leads to discovery of candidate genes involved in root colonization.

by DOE/US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

The Science

Some …

Phys.Org

Grafting is the technique of joining the shoot of one plant with the root of another, so they continue to grow together as one. Until now it was thought impossible to graft grass-like plants in the group known as monocotyledons …

IAEA https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/combatting-the-banana-wilt-pandemic-with-nuclear-science

ProMED

Source: European Seed [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://european-seed.com/2021/12/new-threat-to-oilseed-rape-emerges-in-uk/A variant of the fungus _Plenodomus biglobosus_ that causes blackleg on oilseed rape and other brassicas has been …

ProMED

Source: The Hindu [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/watch-out-for-bacterial-leaf-blight-disease-farmers-told/article37933069.eceWith sporadic incidence of bacterial leaf blight disease in the standing …

ProMED

Source: Daily News [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] http://www.dailynews.lk/2021/12/15/local/267456/disease-affecting-coconut-crops-brought-under-controlNearly 300 000 fruit-bearing coconut trees in the Matara district were cut down due to the spread …

HortDaily https://www.hortidaily.com/article/9380704/bacteria-fungi-and-viruses-essential-for-improving-sustainability-in-crop-protection/

EurekAlert