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Alien weed hits cotton in Syria and Iraq

24/05/2011

An invasive alien weed, silverleaf nightshade, is threatening cotton and wheat crops in Syria and Iraq and could spread to Lebanon and Jordan, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday 24 May, 2011.

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