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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
Identification request
2017-12-12T08:00:00.0000000Z
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Coconut disease, Fiji - Request for identification
Yellowing coconuts, Fiji Yellowing coconuts, Fiji

Dear Pestnetters,

Can anyone help me id the disease attached please.

Toloi Vasuidreketi Plant Protection Koronivia Research Station Fiji

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Yellowing_leaves
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
Identification request
2017-12-11T18:00:00.0000000Z
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Moth intercepted in Falkland Is on sage from Uruguay - Request for identification
Moth on imported sage from Uraguay Moth on imported sage from Uraguay

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 …

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Falkland_Islands
Sage
Uruguay
Interception
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
For your information
2017-12-11T08:00:00.0000000Z
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Articles from CropBitechUpdate: photosynthesis & drought
Folding and assembly of the Rubisco subunits is assisted by the chaperonin system and several specific factors. Together these factors form the assembly line that lead to the formation of the functional enzyme. Rubisco catalyses the key step of CO2 fixation in photosynthesis. The process of photosynthesis converts sunlight into chemical energy =, splits water to liberate O2, and fixes CO2 into sugar.

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 …
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Photosynthesis
Drought
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Grahame Jackson
Sydney NSW, Australia
For your information
2017-12-10T18:00:00.0000000Z
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Pest & Disease Management - Nursery hygiene
Image: Dove Associates

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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    Grahame Jackson
    Sydney NSW, Australia
    Identification request
    2017-12-10T08:00:00.0000000Z
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    Request for identification of beetle - Egypt
    Beetles from Alkharja city, Egypt

    Dear Sir Ask for help in identifying these beetles that were fed on the wheat crop planted in Alkharja city in new valley governornate, Egypt

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    Beetles
    Egypt
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    Grahame Jackson
    Sydney NSW, Australia
    Request for information
    2017-12-09T04:00:00.0000000Z
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    Destruction of coconut palms - breeding sites for Oryctes rhinoceros
    As most members will know the G strain of the coconut rhinoceros beetle arrived in Solomon Islands a couple of years ago. We have been trying to ramp up controls, but the major one, sanitation, is proving difficult. In particular we are …
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    CRB_G_strain
    Coconut_palm_destruction
    Oryctes_rhinoceros
    18
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    Grahame Jackson
    Sydney NSW, Australia
    For your information
    2017-12-08T18:00:00.0000000Z
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    Wasp Biocontrol Update 12
    Two species of Volucella hoverfly larvae in a common wasp nest. © This image by Landcare Research is published under the CC-BY 4.0 international licence unless otherwise specified.

    By Bob Brown After racing badgers to wasp nests last year, and losing half the time, I decided to schedule this …

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    Biocontrol
    Vespula_species
    Hoverfly
    Volucella_inanis
    Parasitoid_wasp
    Sphecophaga_vesparum
    Metoecus_beetles
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    Grahame Jackson
    Sydney NSW, Australia
    For your information
    2017-12-08T18:00:00.0000000Z
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    Major project to tackle crop disease in Africa starts with conference of world-class researchers

    University of Bristol http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2017/december/connected-conference-.html A major new project aimed at tackling the devastation caused by plant disease in Africa will be launched when world-class scientists and researchers …

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    United_Kingdom
    Plant_diseases
    CONNECTED
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    Grahame Jackson
    Sydney NSW, Australia
    For your information
    2017-12-06T14:00:00.0000000Z
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    POTATO ROT NEMATODE - CHINA: (NEI MONGOL)

    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: European Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) …

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    Ditylenchus_destructor
    Inner_Mongolia
    Potato_rot_nematode
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    Grahame Jackson
    Sydney NSW, Australia
    For your information
    2017-12-06T04:00:00.0000000Z
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    Amoeba harnesses bacterium to make food using the sun
    For photosynthetic bacteria to be harnessed by an amoeba the way they were harnessed a billion years ago, they must completely lose their freedom to live as independent organisms. (Eric Fischer/Flickr Creative Commons)

    The DailyCampus  http://dailycampus.com/stories/2017/12/7/amoeba-harnesses-bacterium-to-make-food-using-the-sun

    University of Connecticut
    Rewind a billion years back into Earth’s history and you’ll be in the midst of a biological revolution. The …
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    Photosynthetic_bacteria
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