Fusarium damping-off (Fusarium solani) identified as one of the causes of black disease to grapevines in Iran (© Paul Bachi, 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 new alien plant species recorded in Bulgaria, a new species of Thibetoides in France and the characterisation of the causes of grapevine black disease in Iran.
- Seasonal flight patterns of Curculionidae (Cossoninae and Scolytinae) infesting dying Euphorbia ingensin South Africa. Linde, J. A. van der; Wingfield, M. J.; Six, D. L.; Roux, J. (2018) Journal of Entomological Science 53 (1) 70-81.
- Next generation sequencing elucidates cacao Badnavirus diversity and reveals the existence of more than ten viral species. Muller, E.; Ravel, S.; Agret, C.; Abrokwah, F.; Dzahini-Obiatey, H.; Galyuon, I.; Kouakou, K.; Jeyaseelan, E. C.; Allainguillaume, J.; Wetten, A. (2018) Virus Research 244 235-251.
- Amaranthus viridisand Euphorbia serpens, new alien species records for the flora of Bulgaria. Petrova, A. S. (2018) Comptes Rendus de l’Academie Bulgare des Sciences 71 (1) 46-52.
- Incidence of root-knot nematodes on different date-palm (Phoenix dactylifera) cultivars. Yasir, M. S.; Sajid, A. K.; Javed, N.; Ghani, M. (2018) Pakistan Journal of Nematology 36 (1) 27-32.
- A new species and first rearing record of the genus ThibetoidesDavis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Tryphoninae) from France. Shaw, M. R.; Kan, P.; Kan-van Limburg Stirum, B. (2018) Entomologist’s Gazette 69 (1) 19-23.
- Two species of whitefly and six species of scale insect (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae and Coccoidea), new for Antigua, Lesser Antilles. Malumphy, C. (2018) Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 154 (1) 53-59.
- Description of Bursaphelenchus taphrorychi n. (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae), the secondBursaphelenchusspecies from larval galleries of the beech bark beetle, Taphrorychus bicolor (Herbst.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), in European beech, Fagus sylvatica L. Tomalak, M.; Malewski, T.; Gu JianFeng; Zhan FaQiang (2017) Nematology 19 (10) 1217-1235.
- Morphological and molecular characterisation of Campylocarpon fasciculareand Fusarium, the cause of black disease of grapevine in Iran. Chehri, K. (2017) Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science 40 (4) 587-599.
- Recent record of Limenitis rileyiTytler, 1940 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae) from Upper Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Singh, A. P. (2017) Indian Forester 143 (10) 1084-1085.
- Anaphes flavipes: redescription, neotype designation, and comparison with nipponicus(Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae). Samková, A.; Janšta, P.; Huber, J. T. (2017) Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57 (2) 677-711.
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