Plantwise Blog

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 occurrence of stem canker on oilseed rape caused by Leptosphaeria biglobosa in Serbia, three new additions to the grass (Poaceae) flora of Manipur, India and a new record of the Bemisia tabaci Q biotype in Tibet, China.

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• Revision of Pyricularia oryzae and occurrence of new hosts for the pathogen in Iran.
  Pordel, A.; Javan-Nikkhah, M.; Khodaparast, S. A. (2016) Iranian Journal of Plant Pathology 52 (1) Pe67-Pe83.
• The first occurrence of stem canker on oilseed rape caused by Leptosphaeria biglobosa in Serbia.
  Mitrovic´, P.; Jeromela, A. M.; Trkulja, V.; Milovac, Ž.; Terzic´, S. (2016) Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvo 53 (2) 53-60.
• Additions to genus Scaphoideus with bicolored forewings (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae).
  Xing JiChun; Li ZiZhong (2016) Journal of the Entomological Research Society 18 (2) 105-110.
• First records of three rare species of the genus Glossossoma Curtis, 1834 (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Republic of Kosovo.
  Ibrahimi, H.; Gashi, A.; Kotori, L. G. (2016) Journal of the Entomological Research Society 18 (2) 79-83.
• Biogeography and host evaluation of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in Turkey.
  Çoruh, S. (2016) Journal of the Entomological Research Society 18 (2) 33-60.
• Faunistic patterns of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) within elevational and temporal gradients in Sierra de San Carlos, Mexico.
  Sánchez-Reyes, U. J.; Niño-Maldonado, S.; Barrientos-Lozano, L.; Clark, S. M.; Jones, R. W. (2016) ZooKeys (611) 11-56.
• Three new additions to the grass (Poaceae) flora of Manipur, India.
  Devi, K. T.; Singh, P. K.; Debjyoti Bhattacharyya (2016) Plant Science Today 3 (3) 272-281.
• New record of the Bemisia tabaci Q biotype in Tibet, China.
  Lu ShaoHua; Bai RunE; Zhai Qing; Wang BaoHai; Yan FengMing (2016) Chinese Journal of Applied Entomology 53 (1) 213-217.
• A new disease caused by Colletotrichum dematium from Dendrobium officinale.
  Zhao GuiHua; Zhao Nan (2016) Journal of West China Forestry Science 45 (3) 20-25.
• Myzus mumecola, a new aphid pest of apricot.
  Panini, M.; Dradi, D.; Mazzoni, E. (2016) Informatore Agrario 72 (30) 55-56.

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