Electron micrograph of Papaya ringspot virus, PRSV-P (© Jorge A.M. Rezende)
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 snow mould (Typhula cf. subvariabilis) in Antarctica, the first report of Drosophila suzukii and the black locust gall midge (Obolodiplosis robiniae) in Poland.
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- Typhula cf. subvariabilis, new snow mould in Antarctica.Yajima, Y.; Tojo, M.; Chen Bo; Hoshino, T. (2017) Mycology – An International Journal on Fungal Biology 8 (3) 147-152.
- Drosophila suzukii new pest in Poland.Piotrowski, W.; Łabanowska, B. H. (2017) IOBC/WPRS Bulletin 123 165-170.
- Drosophila suzukii – experiences from the fly’s northernmost inhabited region (from the first record to two years after the detection).Manduric, S. (2017) IOBC/WPRS Bulletin 123 150-156.
- First found of Erysiphe elevata on Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Phyllactinia lagerstroemiae sp. nov. onLagerstroemia from Thailand.Meeboon, J.; Takamatsu, S. (2017) Mycoscience 58 (4) 253-260.
- New species in the papaya ringspot virus cluster: insights into the evolution of the PRSV lineage.Desbiez, C.; Wipf-Scheibel, C.; Millot, P.; Verdin, E.; Dafalla, G.; Lecoq, H. (2017) Virus Research 241 88-94.
- A remarkable example of symbiosis between an animal and a fungus in a new species of legless mealybug (Insecta: Pseudococcidae).Gavrilov-Zimin, I. A. (2017) Journal of Natural History 51 (37/38) 2211-2224.
- New record of Helopeltis bradyi Waterhouse and Pachypeltis maesarum Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Miridae) on teaCamellia sinensis L.O. (Kuntze) in southern India.Srikumar, K. K.; Balakrishnan Radhakrishnan; Kumar, B. S.; Smitha Sukumaran (2017) Journal of Central European Agriculture 18 (1) 170-175.
- The first record of the black locust gall midge Obolodiplosis robiniae (Haldeman, 1847) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from northeastern Poland.Kostro-Ambroziak, A.; Mieczkowska, A. (2017) Wiadomości Entomologiczne 36 (2) 755.
- Dryobotodes monochroma ESPER, 1790 – a new moth in the fauna of Poland (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).Wąsala, R.; Matuszewski, Ł. (2017) Wiadomości Entomologiczne 36 (1) 46-48.
- Exotic plant and environment investigations report: January to March 2017.Bullians, M. (2017) Surveillance (Wellington) 44 (2) 21-27.
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