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Rhizoctonia on common wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Rhizoctonia on common wheat (Triticum aestivum) © Mary Burrows, Montana State University, Bugwood.org


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 Rhizoctonia oryzae causing crown and root rot on wheat in Chile, a survey of nematodes associated with fruit trees in the state of Amapá, Brazil and the first report of Ramulispora sorghi, a new pathogen of sorghum in NE Argentina.

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