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World Service,31 Mar 1997,13 mins

Biological Control for the Take-All Cereal Fungus

The Farming World

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Researchers at the Australian National University discover a bacteria that is the natural enemy of the take-all cereal fungus that destroys 10% of the country's wheat crop. Plus keeping Peruvian crops edible, and a radio drama to help Kenyan farmers.

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