PPRI News No 117 – August 2021

  • Release of the moth, Evippe sp. #1, for the control of invasive Prosopis species; the first mesquite biocontrol agent not limited to seed destruction in Africa
  • Commercialization of strains from the National Collection of fungi
  • Developing soil health management strategies for black commercial farmers
  • Overwintering sites of Fall Armyworm (FAW) mapped
  • ARC-PHP Biosystematics receives the NSCF Collection Management & Conservation Manual
  • Importation of a flower-feeding moth as a biocontrol agent against pompom weed
  • OIE approved laboratory confirms Bacteriology AFB results
  • Report, detection and survey of Phytophtora palmivora Butler on Carica papaya L. from production regions in Mpumalanga Province
  • ARC hosts national training event on five transboundary pests and diseases for DALRRD
  • IUCN Red List of South African spiders included in the Species Environ-mental Assessment Guidelines
  • ARC-PHP Weeds Research Division: Progress Report 2018-2021
  • Mycology Diagnostics supports agriculture by characterising important plant pathogenic strains
  • Progress on the FAO FAW Farmer Field School
  • A quarantine nematode found on “String of pearls”
  • Bacterial diseases unit seed testing services