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 leaf blight of mint caused by the fungusĀ Helminthosporium spiciferum, the first occurrence of fire blight on apricots in Hungary and the first report of Tomato rugose yellow leaf curl virus infecting tomato in Argentina.
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- First report ofĀ Helminthosporium spiciferumĀ (Bainer) Nicot on mint (Mentha arvensis).Ā
Deepak Kumar; Vikas Gupta; Verma, V. S. (2013) Australasian Plant Disease Notes 8 (1) 73-74. - Thyrostroma carpophilumĀ causing apricot shot-hole in Mexico.Ā
Tovar-Pedraza, J. M.; Ayala-Escobar, V.; Segura-LeĆ³n, O. L. (2013) Australasian Plant Disease Notes 8 (1) 31-33. - First report of papaya fruit anthracnose caused byĀ Colletotrichum brevisporumĀ in Brazil.Ā
Vieira, W. A. S.; Nascimento, R. J.; Michereff, S. J.; Hyde, K. D.; CĆ¢mara, M. P. S. (2013) Plant Disease 97 (12) 1659-1660. - First report ofĀ Chilli veinal mottle virusĀ in Naga chilli (Capsicum chinense) in Meghalaya, India.Ā
Amrita Banerjee; Ram Dutta; Somnath Roy; Ngachan, S. V. (2014) Indian Journal of Virology 25 (1) 142-143. - Meloidogyne javanicaĀ andĀ M. arenariaĀ on calla (Zantedeschia aethiopica) in Brazil.Ā
Machado, A. C. Z.; Silva, S. A.; Dorigo, O. F.; Mattei, D. (2013) Australasian Plant Disease Notes 8 (1) 131-132. - First report ofĀ Tomato rugose yellow leaf curl virusĀ infecting tomato in Argentina.Ā
Guerrero, E. B.; Francesco, A. de; GarcĆa, M. L.; Balatti, P. A.; Dal BĆ³, E. (2013) Plant Disease 97 (12) 1662. - First report of ‘CandidatusĀ Liberibacter solanacearum’ infecting eggplant in Honduras.Ā
Munyaneza, J. E.; Sengoda, V. G.; Aguilar, E.; Bextine, B. R.; McCue, K. F. (2013) Plant Disease 97 (12) 1654. - First occurence of fire blight on apricot (Prunus armeniaca) in Hungary.
VĆ©gh, A.; Palkovics, L. (2013) Notulae Botanicae, Horti Agrobotanici, Cluj-Napoca 41 (2) 440-443. - Root rot of Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) caused byĀ Cytospora sacculusĀ in China.Ā
Du, Q.; Zhao, S. F.; Wu, C. L.; Kong, L.; Zhang, P. (2013) Plant Disease 97 (12) 1661. - First report of powdery mildew on Dahlia (Dahlia variabilis) caused by Golovinomyces cichoracearumĀ in Lahore, Pakistan.Ā
Irum Mukhtar; Sobia Mustaq; Ibatsam Khokhar (2013) Australasian Plant Disease Notes 8 (1) 1-3.
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