PlantwisePlus Blog

symptoms of Banana bunchy top virus © Malcolm Manners (CC By licence)

Symptoms of Banana bunchy top virus © Malcolm Manners (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 the first report of Banana bunchy top virus of Musa spp. in Nigeria, the first record of the leafhopper genus Igerna in China and a new Pythium species that causes severe damping off of tomato seedlings found in Tunisia, France and India.

To view all search results for new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases, click here (>32,000 results)

If there’s another new record you’d like to highlight, please post a comment.

Leave a Reply

Related News & Blogs

Empowering women farmers with digital tools in India

In India, 59 per cent of women work in agriculture. This workforce is vital to the country’s rural economy, with women performing many of the big farming jobs, such as planting, weeding, tending, and harvesting crops.  Despite this, many…

8 March 2024