Lemons at the Mercat Central de ValĆØncia, Spain (Ā© Hans Hillewaert, via Wikimedia Commons)
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 a first report of Citrus leaf blotch virus in lemon in China, first report of Groundnut bud necrosis virus infecting periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) in India and theĀ first report of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing anthracnose on loquat in Pakistan.
Click on the links to view the abstracts:
- First report ofĀ Citrus leaf blotch virusĀ in lemon in China.
Cao, M. J. (2017) Plant Disease 101 (8) 1561 - First report ofĀ Actinidia virus AĀ andĀ BĀ infectingĀ Actinidia chinensisĀ in South Korea.Ā
Cho, S. Y. (2017) Plant Disease 101 (8) 1560 - First report ofĀ Groundnut bud necrosis virusĀ infecting periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) in India.Ā
Basavaraj (2017) Plant Disease 101 (8) 1559 - First report ofĀ Turnip mosaic virusĀ infection ofĀ Alliaria petiolataĀ in Iran.Ā
Farzadfar, S. (2017) Plant Disease 101 (8) 1558 - First report ofĀ Little cherry virus 1Ā affecting European plum (Prunus domestica) in Belgium
Tahzima, R. (2017) Plant Disease 101 (8) 1557. - First report ofĀ Bean yellow mosaic virusĀ in Vanilla in Hawaii.
Wang, Y. N. (2017) Plant Disease 101 (8) 1557 - First report ofĀ Broad bean wilt virus 2Ā infecting sesame in China.
Wang, H. Y. (2017) Plant Disease 101 (8) 1556 - First report of the highly virulent race 705 ofĀ Plasmopara halstediiĀ (downy mildew of sunflower) in Portugal and in Spain.
GarcĆa-Carneros, A. B. (2017) Plant Disease 101 (8) 1555 - First report ofĀ Colletotrichum gloeosporioidesĀ causing anthracnose on loquat in Pakistan.
Naz, F. (2017) Plant Disease 101 (8) 1550 - Powdery mildew caused byĀ Erysiphe heraclei: a novel field disease of carrot (Daucus carota) in Brazil.
Boiteux, L. S. (2017) Plant Disease 101 (8) 1544
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