Update: New Pest & Disease Records (15 May 13)

May 15, 2013 by Leave a comment

Gall caused by Pemphigus bursarius © Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org (CC BY licence)

Gall caused by Pemphigus bursarius © Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org (CC BY licence)

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 recent multiple introductions of the gall-forming aphid Pemphigus bursarius into Japanese islands, the distribution and characterization of Streptomyces species causing potato common scab in Germany and the first report of Endoclita signifer as a new pest on Eucalyptus.

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Update: Plant Health News (08 May 13)

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The Australian banana industry wants a banana production and marketing information system to improve its resilience to cyclones, pests and diseases.

The banana industry is planning an information system to reduce crop loss

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the risk of Septoria attack if sprays are delayed, an internet data portal plan from the banana industry and new plant protein discoveries that could ease global food and fuel demands.

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Update: New Pest & Disease Records (01 May 13)

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Wheat cultivars for resistance to septoria leaf spot, caused by Mycosphaerella graminicola are being assessed.

Symptoms of septoria leaf spot

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 the occurrence of Pachycoris torridus jewel bugs in Bahia, Brazil, the  assessment of wheat cultivars for resistance to septoria leaf blotch-causing isolates and the incidence and identification of Cassava tuber rot caused by Phytophthora palmivora.

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Update: Plant Health News (24 Apr 13)

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A honeybee pollinating a peach flower © Fir0002/Flagstaffotos (CC By-NC)

A honeybee pollinating a peach flower © Fir0002/Flagstaffotos (CC By-NC)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including the multiple pressures that threaten pollinating insects, microwave technology to prevent pest diffusion and the UN to use the plant gene pool to improve agriculture.

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Organized and motivated, African plant health leaders take issue in Rome

April 22, 2013 by Leave a comment

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Participation in the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) is much more than just turning up. It needs a good understanding of the technical issues involved, and of the way in which decisions are reached. To be heard, interventions from the floor must be made in the right way at the right time. So to build the consensus on which CPM depends, delegates from the same region with common interests often support each other in plenary. But to be effective, this approach needs planning.

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Update: New Pest & Disease Records (17 Apr 13)

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Effect of Meloidogyne on common bean roots © CABI

Effect of Meloidogyne spp. on common bean roots © CABI

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 the first report of the root knot nematode, Meloidogyne inornata, on common bean in Brazil’s Paraná State, Glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) on rice paddy levees in Japan and the first report of Fusarium proliferatum causing garlic bulb rots in Mexico.

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Update: Plant Health News (10 Apr 13)

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Xanthomonas wilt causes rotting and bacteria-laden exudates © Guy Blomme/ Bioversity International (CC BY-NC-ND)

Xanthomonas wilt causes rotting and bacteria-laden exudates © Guy Blomme/ Bioversity International (CC BY-NC-ND)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including measures taken against Banana Xanthomonas Wilt in Tanzania, new citrus varieties released in Brazil and GM cotton linked to rise in aphid numbers.

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Update: New Pest & Disease Records (03 Apr 13)

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Bactrocera invadens on a mango © IITA (CC By-NC licence)

Bactrocera invadens on a mango © IITA (CC BY-NC licence)

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 the detection of Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV) in selected Allium species in Austria, attack of two new spider mites on sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) in Brazil and the effects of phytosanitary hot water treatments on West African mangoes infested with Bactrocera invadens.

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Plantwise Photo Of The Month- April

April 2, 2013 by Leave a comment

Participants at the first Plant Health Rally to take place in Santa Cruz, Bolivia © CABI UK

Participants at the first Plant Health Rally to take place in Santa Cruz, Bolivia © CABI UK

To read more about the work Plantwise is doing in Bolivia follow this link. To read Spanish factsheets specific to Bolivia on the Plantwise Knowledge Bank click here.

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Update: Plant Health News (27 Mar 13)

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damage from codling moth, now rare in Brazil © Clemson University (CC BY licence)

Damage by codling moths, now rare in Brazil © Clemson University (CC BY licence)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including work in Uganda to save the Irish Potato in Kabale, Brazil nearing eradication of a major fruit pest, and farmers testing wheat for climate change adaptation.

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