War on wilt:
Africa-wide trials target one of vegetable farming’s toughest diseases
New tomato and pepper lines designed to withstand one of Africa’s most damaging vegetable diseases are showing strong early results in trials in Benin. Bacterial wilt, caused by bacteria in the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex, can devastate crops with frightening speed. The bacteria choke plants from the inside, invading the vessels that carry water up […]