We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this month include the first report of Tobacco mosaic virus infecting papaya in China and the first report of fruit rot of sweet pepper caused by Cladosporium cladosporioides in Israel.
- Isolation and identification of Tussilago farfara leaf spot caused by Alternaria alternata in China. Wang YiDan; Yang ChengDe; Jin MengJun; Zhong JianXin; Mei DaHai; Wei XingYin; Wang HongFulianhua (2022) Microbial Pathogenesis 172.
- Hypebaeus cooteri sp. nov., the nemoral species of soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera, Malachiidae) in North Asia. Tshernyshev, S. E. (2022) Diversity 14 (10).
- First report of Tobacco mosaic virus infecting papaya in China. Mo CuiPing; Wu ZiLin; Guo YongYi; Zhang ShuGuang; Li PengFei; Li HuaPing (2022) Plant Disease 106 (9) 2540-2540.
- First report of the NA2 clonal lineage of the sudden oak death pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum, infecting tanoak in Oregon forests. Peterson, E. K.; Søndreli, K. L.; Reeser, P.; Navarro, S.; Nichols, C.; Wiese, R.; Fieland, V. J.; Grünwald, N. J.; Leboldus, J. M. (2022) Plant Disease 106 (9) 2537-2537.
- First report of powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera xanthii on Sigesbeckia orientalis in China. Mukhtar, I.; Chen RuanNi; Cheng YunYing; Ibatsam Khokhar; Liang Chen; Li RuiTing; Chen XiaoJuan; Chen JianMing (2022) Plant Disease 106 (9) 2535-2535.
- First report of powdery mildew on Astragalus sinicus (Chinese milk vetch) caused by Erysiphe trifoliorum in China. Mukhtar, I.; Chen RuanNi; Cheng YunYing; Chen JianMing (2022) Plant Disease 106 (9) 2535-2535.
- First report of black root rot (Berkeleyomyces rouxiae) on greenhouse hemp (Cannabis sativa) in Kentucky. Rahnama, M.; Szarka, D.; Boyadjieva, L.; Gauthier, N. (2022) Plant Disease 106 (9) 2534-2534.
- First report of powdery mildew caused by Golovinomyces ambrosiae on industrial hemp in New Jersey. Rajmohan, N.; Price, D. C.; Buckley, R. J.; Komar, S. J.; Bamka, W. J.; Petit, E. A.; Cabrera, R. I.; Gianfagna, T. J.; Simon, J. E.; Wyenandt, C. A. (2022) Plant Disease 106 (9) 2534-2534.
- First report of fruit rot of sweet pepper caused by Cladosporium cladosporioides in Israel. Krasnow, C.; Raphael, G.; Ziv, C. (2022) Plant Disease 106 (9) 2533-2533.
- First report of Athelia rolfsii (= Sclerotium rolfsii) associated with southern blight disease of Macrotyloma uniflorum in India. Mahadevakumar, S.; Joy, J.; Bhanu, L. S. M.; Sharvani, K. A.; Raj, S. N.; Chandranayaka, S. (2022) Plant Disease 106 (9) 2533-2533.
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