Submissions

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

Identification request

2017-11-23T08:00:00.0000000Z

Request for identification of moth - Bolivia

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Javier Franco Ponce <javierfrancoponce@gmail.com> Date: 23 November 2017 at 08:53 Subject: Moth id

To: gvhjackson <gjackson@zip.com.au>Javier from Bolivia is unable to post this request …

Bolivia

Peach

Grape

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-11-22T18:00:00.0000000Z

Research reveals mechanism making banana fungus less responsive to crop protection

FreshPlaza http://www.freshplaza.com/article/185370/Research-reveals-mechanism-making-banana-fungus-less-responsive-to-crop-protection I had to look up the word "concatenated" - it means 'link things together in a chain'

An …

banana

Black_Sigatoka

Pseudocerospora_fijiensis

DMIs

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-11-22T14:00:00.0000000Z

PANTOEA BRONZING, JACKFRUIT - AMERICAS: FIRST REPORT (MEXICO)

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: November 2017 Source: Journal of Plant Pathology [edited] <http:/ …

ProMED

Mexico

Pantoea_bronzing

Jackfruit

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-11-21T04:00:00.0000000Z

IRRI: Using plant science to increase the production and profitability of rice

Asia Food Journal

https://www.asiafoodjournal. com/2017/11/irri-plant- science-production- profitability-rice/ By Pearly Neo

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) welcomed delegates from CropLife Asia to its campus to discuss the …

IRRI

CropLife_Asia

Pest_management_biotechnology

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-11-20T04:00:00.0000000Z

Why reducing post-harvest losses is a priority for Africa

The Conversation

https://theconversation.com/why-reducing-post-harvest-losses-is-a-priority-for-africa-87312?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2020%202017%20-%2088347387&utm_content=Latest% …

FAO

Food_security

Food_waste

Post_harvest_losses

University_of_Nairobi

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-11-18T18:00:00.0000000Z

App to alert farmers to cassava diseases

SciDevNet http://www.scidev.net/global/farming/news/app-trained-to-spot-crop-disease-alert-farmers.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=SciDevNewsletter&utm_campaign=international%20SciDev.Net%20update%3A%2020%20November%202017

Speed read …

Africa

Cassava

Diseases

App_diagnosis

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-11-18T18:00:00.0000000Z

Raindrops splash pathogens onto crops

ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171120090041.htm

Summary:: Pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses or fungi, cause harmful plant disease and often lead to the destruction of agricultural fields. With many possible dispersal …

Bacteria

Viruses

Fungi

Rain_splash

Pathogens

Rain_drop_dispersal

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-11-18T04:00:00.0000000Z

Scientists aim to fight climate change with super plants

Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-climate-change-plants-20171117-htmlstory.html

Can super plants help us fight climate change? A new research initiative at the Salk Institute in San Diego aims to find out. ( …

Climate_change

Suberin

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-11-18T04:00:00.0000000Z

Gene discovery may halt worldwide wheat epidemic

EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/uoc--gdm111617.php

Gene can help fend off devastating strain of stem rust

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - DAVIS University of California, Davis, researchers have identified a gene that enables …

Wheat

Stem_rust

Ug99

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-11-18T04:00:00.0000000Z

Size matters: How thrips choose their partners

EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/mh-smh110817.php

Martin Luther The bigger the male, the higher his chances to successfully mate - this applies, at least, to thrips, insects measuring only two to three millimetres in …

Thrips

Size_and_reproduction

University_Halle_Wittenberg

PestNet