Plantwise Blog

The root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, has been found on turmeric in Pakistan © Melanie Cook (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license)

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 new hosts (turmeric and black pepper) of root knot nematode in Pakistan,  two fungal leaf spot pathogens on Indonesian cinnamon, and a species of phytoplasma not previously found on apple trees in China.

Click on the links to view the abstracts:

• First record of damage Leucothrips piercei (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in pepper crops (Capsicum annuum L.) (Solanaceae) in Argentina. / Primer registro del daño de Leucothrips piercei (Morgan) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) en cultivos de pimiento (Capsicum annuum L.) (Solanaceae) en la Argentina.
  Zamar, M. I.; Borbón, C. M. de; Aguirre, A.; Miño, V.; Cáceres, S. (2014) Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo 46 (1) 213-219.
• Research progress on alfalfa bacterial diseases.
  Zhang ZhenFen; Nan ZhiBiao (2014) Acta Prataculturae Sinica 23 (4) 330-342.
• Illustrated key for identification of the species included in the genus Leptoglossus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini), and descriptions of five new species and new synonyms.
  Brailovsky, H. (2014) Zootaxa 3794 (1) 143-178.
• Occurrence of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma ziziphi’ in apple trees in China.
  Li, Z. N.; Bai, Y. B.; Liu, P.; Zhang, L.; Wu, Y. F. (2014) Forest Pathology 44 (5) 417-419.
• New species and records of Trypetinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) from India.
  David, K. J.; Singh, S. K.; Ramani, S. (2014) Zootaxa 3795 (2) 126-134.
• Spice plants as new host record of Meloidogyne incognita in Pakistan.
  Zarina, B.; Shaheen, N. (2014) International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology 11 (2/3) 449.
• Rattan cane Calamus travancoricus – a new host plant record for spindle bug of arecanut palm, Mircarvalhoia arecae (Miller & China).
  Shameem, K. M.; Prathapan, K. D. (2014) Indian Journal of Entomology 76 (3) 252-253.
• New species and new records of Tetranychidae (Acarina, Prostigmata) from Thailand.
  Naing, H. H.; Chandrapatya, A.; Navajas, M.; Auger, P. (2014) Zootaxa 3802 (2) 257-275.
• A new stem nematode associated with peanut pod rot in China: morphological and molecular characterization of Ditylenchus arachis n. sp. (Nematoda: Anguinidae).
  Zhang, S. L.; Liu, G. K.; Janssen, T.; Zhang, S. S.; Xiao, S.; Li, S. T.; Couvreur, M.; Bert, W. (2014) Plant Pathology 63 (5) 1193-1206.
• A combination of morphological and molecular analyses to distinguish two fungal pathogens causing leaf spots on Cinnamomum burmannii.
  Yuelian, L.; Fengqiu, X. (2014) Forest Pathology 44 (5) 382-386.

To view all search results for new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases, click here

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