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11/20/2024	Person	Frederick Turner Australian botanist: b. Pontefract, England, 1856. He went to Australia in 1874, where he joined the staff of the Government Gardens at Brisbane and remained for five years, when he became botanist to the Department of Agriculture of New South Wales, and consulting botanist to the West Australian government.
11/20/2024	Books	The Forage Plants of Australia: (with illustrations) The illustrations and descriptive matter contained in this book first appeared in the columns of the Town and Country Journal, that being the first attempt ever made, through the Australian press, to systematically illustrate the plants of economic value indigenous to this country.
11/18/2024	Disease	Pectobacterium carotovorum (bacterial soft rot) The species is a plant pathogen with a diverse host range, including many agriculturally and scientifically important plant species. It produces pectolytic enzymes that hydrolyze pectin between individual plant cells. This causes the cells to separate, a disease plant pathologists term bacterial soft rot. Specifically, it causes beet vascular...
11/18/2024	Publication	Opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear) This datasheet on Opuntia ficus-indica covers Identity, Overview, Associated Diseases, Pests or Pathogens, Distribution, Dispersal, Hosts/Species Affected, Diagnosis, Biology & Ecology, Environmental Requirements, Natural Enemies, Impacts, Uses, Prevention/Control, Management, Genetics and Breeding, Food Quality, Economics, Further Information.
11/18/2024	Pest	Armillaria mellea (armillaria root rot) Armillaria root rot is a fungal root rot caused by several different members of the genus Armillaria. The symptoms are variable depending on the host infected, ranging from stunted leaves to chlorotic needles and dieback of twigs and branches. However, all infected hosts display symptoms characteristic of being infected...