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 includeĀ the first report of a ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma Ziziphi’- related strain associated with peach decline disease in India, molecular and morphological characterisation of Scutellonema bradys from yam in Costa Rica and the first report of apple collar rot incited by Sclerotium rolfsii in Tunisia.
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- A new record of leaf spot caused byĀ Xanthomonas campestrisĀ inTinospora cordifoliaĀ in India.Ā
Achar, K. G. S.; Parashurama, T. R.; Shivanna, M. B. (2014) International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 3 (1) 269-273. - Morphometrics of a population ofĀ Longidorus juvenilisĀ and a female ofĀ L. laevicapitatus, both species found for the first time in Argentina.Ā
Azpilicueta, C.; Chaves, E. (2013) Nematropica 43 (2) 271-275. - First report of a ‘CandidatusĀ Phytoplasma Ziziphi’- related strain associated with peach decline disease in India.Ā
Khan, J. A.; Kumar, J.; Thakur, P. D.; Handa, A.; Jarial, K. (2013) Journal of Plant Pathology 95 (4) Supplement S4.76. - Detection ofĀ Fusarium oxysporumĀ f. sp.Ā dianthiĀ races in Iran.Ā
Zahiri, P.; Zamanizadeh, H. R.; Morid, B. (2013) Journal of Plant Pathology 95 (4) Supplement S4.72. - First report ofĀ Lasiodiplodia theobromaeĀ causing inflorescence blight and fruit rot of longan (Dimocarpus longanĀ L.) in Puerto Rico.Ā
Serrato-Diaz, L. M.; Rivera-Vargas, L. I.; Goenaga, R.; French-Monar, R. D. (2014) Plant Disease 98 (2) 279. - Molecular and morphological characterisation ofĀ Scutellonema bradysfrom yam in Costa Rica and development of specific primers for its detection.
Humphreys-Pereira, D. A.; Williamson, V. M.; Lee, S.; Coyne, D. L.; Salazar, L.; GĆ³mez-AlpĆzar, L. (2014) Nematology 16 (2) 137-147. - First report of apple collar rot incited byĀ Sclerotium rolfsiiĀ in Tunisia.
Kalai-Grami, L.; Mnari-Hattab, M.; Terres, R.; Dridi, M.; Hajlaoui, M. R. (2013) Journal of Plant Pathology 95 (4) Supplement S4.71. - First report of leaf blight disease ofĀ Curcuma wenyujinĀ caused byTrichoderma koningiopsisĀ in China.Ā
Qian, Y. S.; Cai, S.; Huo, Y. N.; Mao, P. P.; Wang, H. Z.; Wu, J. B. (2013) Journal of Plant Pathology 95 (4) Supplement S4.77. - Phenology of galls onĀ Persea bombycinaĀ along with record of a new gall forming insectĀ OrmyrusĀ sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Ormyridae) in Assam.
Dhanalakhi Gogoi; Joya Bhattacharjee; Badal Bhattacharyya (2013) Journal of Entomological Research 37 (4) 345-346. - First report ofĀ Pestalotiopsis clavisporaĀ causing postharvest fruit rot of loquat in Spain.Ā
Palou, L.; Montesinos-Herrero, C.; Guardado, A.; Taberner, V. (2013) Journal of Plant Pathology 95 (4) Supplement S4.69.
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