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Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

Identification request

2017-12-17T08:00:00.0000000Z

Caterpillar on bark of a tree, Kenya - Request for identification

Dear Pestnet members,

Could someone assist in identifying this caterpillar? It is found in Kenya on the bark of a tree.

Best regards,

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Plant health division

African Indigenous Vegetables IPM

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Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-12-17T04:00:00.0000000Z

How fungi helped create life as we know it

PhysOrg https://phys.org/news/2017-12-fungi-life.html Today our world is visually dominated by animals and plants, but this world would not have been possible without fungi, say University of Leeds scientists.

Researchers have carried out …

University_of_Leeds

Early_climate

Plant_fungi_symbiosis

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-12-16T04:00:00.0000000Z

Malawi President declares ‘State Of Disaster’ in districts affected by Fall Armyworm outbreak

Daily Update http://www.maravipost.com/malawi-president-declares-state-disaster-districts-affected-fall-armyworm-outbreak/

By Special Absalom

The public is hereby being informed that President Peter Mutharika, in accordance with powers …

Fall_Army_worms

Integrated_Pest_Management_IPM_

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

2017-12-16T04:00:00.0000000Z

LUCID December 2017 Newsletter

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

For your information

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

For your information

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

For your information

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

For your information

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

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Fiji

Coconuts

Yellowing_leaves

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