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.
- Isolation and identification of pathogen of a leaf spot disease of cassava in Yunnan.
Duan ChunFang; Huang GuiXiu; Li ChaoPing; Shi Tao; Guo RongQi; Li YueXian; Liu Qian; Yan Wei; Lou YuQiang; Zhang LinHui; Liu GuangHua (2012) Acta Agriculturae Jiangxi 24 (12) 118-120. - Molecular analysis of the genomic RNAs 1 and 2 of the first Arabis mosaic virus isolate detected in Spanish grapevines.
López-Fabuel, I.; Olmos, A.; Bassler, A.; Dupuis-Maguiraga, L.; Torres, L. B.; Bertolini, E.; Wetzel, T. (2013) Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 11 (1) 199-203. - New records of Dasiops spp. (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) associated with pasiflora grown in Colombia.
Castro Ávila, Á. P.; Korytkowski, C.; Ebratt Ravelo, E. E.; Margarita Brochero, H. L.; Santamaría Galindo, M. Y. (2012) Revista – Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín 65 (2) 6681-6690. - Biodiversity of plant parasitic nematodes of cashew plantations in Tripura, India.
Bhattacharya, C.; Dasgupta, M. K.; Mukherjee, B. (2012) Nematologia Mediterranea 40 (2) 163-168. - Colletotrichum: host specificity and pathogenicity on selected tropical and subtropical crops.
Freeman, S.; Horowitz-Brown, S.; Afanador-Kafuri, L.; Maymon, M.; Minz, D.; Palupi, E. R.; Krisantini; Warrington, I. J. (2013) Acta Horticulturae 975, 209-216. - Incidence and natural hosts of Tomato leaf curl Palampur virus in Iran.
Heydarnejad, J.; Hesari, M.; Massumi, H.; Varsani, A. (2013) Australasian Plant Pathology 42 (2) 195-203. - The effects of phytosanitary hot water treatments on West African mangoes infested with Bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae).
Self, G.; Ducamp, M. N.; Thaunay, P.; Vayssières, J. F. (2012) Fruits (Paris) 67 (6) 439-449. - Attack of two new spider mites on sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) in Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
Soares, M. A.; Castro, B. M. C.; Andrade Júnior, V. C.; Assis Júnior, S. L.; Pires, E. M. (2012) Brazilian Journal of Biology 72 (4) 971. - Report of foliar necrosis of potato caused by Cochliobolus lunatus in India.
Bengyella Louis; Roy Pranab; Waikhom, S. D.; Talukdar, N. C. (2013) African Journal of Biotechnology 12 (8) 833-835. - Detection of Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV) in selected Allium species and overwintering hosts in Austrian onion-producing areas.
Weilner, S.; Bedlan, G. (2013) Journal für Kulturpflanzen 65 (2) 60-67.
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