We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this fortnight include a North American leafminer invading Italian vineyards, a new fungal disease on blueberry in Argentina, a new species of nematode in Iranian banana plantations, and three new races of Bremia lactucae on lettuce that are unique to Australia.
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- A field study on the host status of different crops for Meloidogyne minor and its damage potential on potatoes.
Thoden, T. C.; Korthals, G. W.; Visser, J.; Gastel-Topper, W. van (2012) Nematology 14 (3) 277-284. - New races of Bremia lactucae on lettuce in Australia.
Trimboli, D. S.; Nieuwenhuis, J. (2011) Australasian Plant Disease Notes 6 (1) 62-63. - Antispila oinophylla new species (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae), a new North American grapevine leafminer invading Italian vineyards: taxonomy, DNA barcodes and life cycle.
Nieukerken, E. J. van; Wagner, D. L.; Baldessari, M.; Mazzon, L.; Angeli, G.; Girolami, V.; Duso, C.; Doorenweerd, C. (2012) ZooKeys 170, 29-77. - Neofusicoccum parvum, blueberry pathogen in Argentina.
Wright, E. R.; Mandolesi, A.; Rivera, M. C.; Pérez, B. A.; Mezzetti, B.; Brás de Oliveira, P. (2012) Acta Horticulturae 926, 619-623. - Confirmation of the presence of the Citrus leprosis virus c (CiLV-C) in Southern Mexico.
Izquierdo Castillo, I.; Zermeño Diaz, L. F.; Mendez, W.; Otero-Colina, G.; Freitas-Astúa, J.; Locali-Fabris, E. C.; Moraes, G. J. de; Calegario, R. F.; Tassi, A. D.; Kitajima, E. W. (2011) Tropical Plant Pathology 36 (6) 400-403. - First report of Groundnut Bud Necrosis Virus infecting Taro (Colocasia esculenta).
Sivaprasad, Y.; Reddy, B. V. B.; Kumar, C. V. M. N.; Reddy, K. R.; Gopal, D. V. R. S. (2011) Australasian Plant Disease Notes 6 (1) 30-32. - Description of Tylenchulus musicola sp. n. (Nematoda: Tylenchulidae) from banana in Iran with molecular phylogeny and characterisation of species of Tylenchulus Cobb, 1913.
Maafi, Z. T.; Amani, M.; Stanley, J. D.; Inserra, R. N.; Berg, E. van den; Subbotin, S. A. (2012) Nematology 14 (3) 353-369. - First report of fig mosaic virus infecting common fig (Ficus carica) in Japan.
Ishikawa, K.; Maejima, K.; Nagashima, S.; Sawamura, N.; Takinami, Y.; Komatsu, K.; Hashimoto, M.; Yamaji, Y.; Yamamoto, J.; Namba, S. (2012) Journal of General Plant Pathology 78 (2) 136-139. - Characterization and identification of a potyvirus causing mosaic disease of Cucurbita moschata Duch ex. Poir in Calabar, south east Nigeria.
Owolabi, A. T.; Rabenstein, F.; Taiwo, M. A.; Ehrigh, F.; Maiss, E. (2011) International Journal of Plant Pathology 2 (4) 165-176. - First report of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae causing kiwifruit bacterial canker in New Zealand.
Everett, K. R.; Taylor, R. K.; Romberg, M. K.; Rees-George, J.; Fullerton, R. A.; Vanneste, J. L.; Manning, M. A. (2011) Australasian Plant Disease Notes 6 (1) 67-71.
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