Volume 12: August 2005 - January 2006

• Powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe carpinicola on Carpinus betulus in Hungary: the first European report
  L. Vajna
• Identification of a ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’-related strain associated with spike disease of sandal (Santalum album) in India
  J.A. Khan, P. Srivastava & S.K. Singh
• First report of Hop stunt viroid from peach (Prunus persica) with dapple fruit symptoms in China
  Ying Zhou, Rui Guo, Zhuomin Cheng, Teruo Sano & Shi-fang Li
• Occurrence of Cryphonectria parasitica the causal agent of Chestnut blight in Iran
  M.N. Kazempour, S.A. Khodaparast, M. Arefipour, M. Salehi, B. Amanzadeh, M. Ramazanie & B.K. Shiraz
• First report of Moniliophthora roreri causing frosty pod rot (moniliasis disease) of cocoa in Mexico
  W. Phillips, A. Coutiño, C.F. Ortiz, A.P. López, J. Hernández & M.C. Aime
• First report of Eggplant mottled dwarf virus in mainland Spain
  J. Aramburu, L. Galipienso, T. Tornos & M. Matas
• First report of Armillaria gallica on highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) in Italy
  D. Prodorutti, L. Palmieri, D. Gobbin & I. Pertot
• First report of Tobacco leaf curl Zimbabwe virus affecting tobacco in the Comoros Archipelago
  J.M. Lett, F. Lefeuvre, F. Naze, H. Delatte, Y. Mohamed-Ali & B. Reynaud
• Globularia nudicaulis, a new host for Cucumber mosaic virus
  S. Davino, S. Cugnata and M.G. Bellardi
• First report of Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) on tomato crops in Cyprus
  L.C. Papayiannis, N. Ioannou, C.I. Dovas, V.I. Maliogka & N.I. Katis
• First reports of two grapevine viroids in China and the possible detection of a third
  Shi-fang Li, Rui Guo, Masaharu Tsuji & Teruo Sano
• First identification of Alstroemeria mosaic virus in Taiwan
  Chuen-Yi Wang and Ya-Chun Chang
• First report of Eutypella canker of Acer pseudoplatanus in Europe
  D. Jurc, N. Ogris, B. Slippers & J. Stenlid
• First report of brown spot of tangerine hybrid cultivars Minneola, Page and Fortune caused by Alternaria alternata in Iran
  M. Golmohammadi, M. Andrew, T.L. Peever, N.A. Peres & L.W. Timmer
• The first report of Coleus blumei viroid from coleus in China
  Shi-fang Li, Qian-fu Su, Rui Guo, Masaharu Tsuji & Teruo Sano
• First report of Ophiostoma novo-ulmi ssp. novo-ulmi on elms in the Iberian Peninsula
  A. Solla, C. Nasmith, M.C. Dacasa, P. Fuentes-Utrilla, M. Hubbes & L. Gil
• First record of natural infection of Marlierea edulis by the eucalyptus canker fungus Chrysoporthe cubensis
  R.W. Barreto, F.B. Rocha & F.A. Ferreira
• First report of crown rot of Photinia fraseri caused by Phytophthora cactorum
  A.M. Vettraino, L. Antonacci, L. Flamini, P. Nipoti, E. Rossini, M. Righi & A. Vannini
• First report of Alternaria tenuissima causing leaf spot and fruit rot on eggplant (Solanum melongena) in India
  P. Raja, A.V. Ramana Reddy & U.S. Allam
• First report of frosty pod rot (moniliasis disease) caused by Moniliophthora roreri on cacao in Belize
  W. Phillips-Mora, J. Cawich, W. Garnett & M.C. Aime
• Eye-spot of Rudbeckia laciniata caused by Corynespora cassiicola in Brazil
  J.L. Da Silva, D.J. Soares & R.W. Barreto
• First report of Phytophthora hedraiandra on Viburnum tinus in Spain
  E. Moralejo, L. Belbahri, G. Calmin, F. Lefort, J. A. García & E. Descals
• Capparis spinosa – a new host for Sclerotium rolfsii
  A. Infantino, N. Pucci, G. Di Giambattista & L. Tomassoli
• First report of Ornithogalum mosaic virus and Ornithogalum virus 2 in New Zealand
  T. Wei, M.N. Pearson & D. Cohen
• First report of a begomovirus associated with leaf curl disease of bell pepper in Pakistan
  M. Tahir & M.S. Haider
• First report of Phytophthora hedraiandra on Viburnum tinus in Italy
  A. Belisario, G. Gilli & M. Maccaroni
• First record of Pseudomonas syringae pv. viburni in the UK
  D.E. Stead, H. Stanford, A. Aspin and S.A. Weller
• First report of Alternaria mali causing necrotic leaf spot of apples in Turkey
  H. Ozgonen & G. Karaca
• Angelonia flower mottle, a new disease of Angelonia angustifolia caused by a hitherto unknown carmovirus
  S. Winter, A. Hamacher, J. Engelmann & D.-E. Lesemann
• First record of the downy mildew Peronospora myosotidis on Brunnera macrophylla in the UK
  C.R. Lane, J.M. Scrace & D. Hutchinson
• First report of Bipolaris leaf blight of coconut (Cocos nucifera) caused by Bipolaris incurvata in mainland India
  A. Kamalakannan, V. Valluvaparidasan, R. Rabindran, Salah Eddin Khabbaz & D. Ladhalakshmi
• Cercospora leaf spot on Impatiens spp. in Argentina
  S.M. Wolcan, G.M. Dal Bello & M. Sisterna
• Tobacco leaf curl Cuba virus, a new begomovirus infecting tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) in Cuba
  Y.M. Morán, P.L. Ramos, M. Domínguez, A.D. Fuentes, Y. Sánchez & J.A. Crespo
• First report of powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera pannosa on a new host - sour cherry - in Hungary
  L. Vajna & Zsuzsa Rozsnyay
• First report of Verticillium dahliae causing verticillium wilt of Solanum aethiopicum in Italy
  I. Camele, C. Marcone, A. Caponero, A. Ambrico, C. Nigro & G.L. Rana
• Cashew leaf and nut blight – A new disease of cashew in Tanzania caused by Cryptosporiopsis spp.
  M.E.R. Sijaona, R.H. Reeder & J.M. Waller
• First report of the natural occurrence of Tobacco streak virus on blackgram (Vigna mungo)
  D. Ladhalakshmi, M. Ramiah, T. Ganapathy, M. Krishna Reddy, Salah Eddin Khabbaz, Merin Babu & A. Kamalakannan
• First record of Phytophthora tropicalis causing leaf blight and fruit rot on breadfruit in Brazil
  A.O. Cerqueira, E.D.M.N. Luz & J.T. De Souza
• First report of the presence of Pantoea citrea, causal agent of pink disease, in pineapple fields grown in Mexico
  V. Marín-Cevada, V.H. Vargas, M. Juárez, V. G. López, G. Zagada, S. Hernández, A. Cruz, J. Caballero-Mellado, L. López-Reyes, T. Jiménez-Salgado, M. Carcaño-Montiel & L.E. Fuentes-Ramírez
• Alternaria alternata – a new foliar fungal pathogen of tea in North Bengal, India
  B.N. Chakraborty, R. Das-Biswas & M. Sharma
• Potato deforming mosaic disease is caused by an isolate of Tomato yellow vein streak virus
  S.G. Ribeiro, A.K. Inoue-Nagata, J. Daniels & A.C. de Ávila
• First report of tan spot caused by Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (anamorph Drechslera tritici-repentis) in Bulgaria
  M. Todorova
• Plasmopara australis newly recorded from Brazil on the new host Luffa cylindrica
  D.J. Soares, D.F. Parreira & R.W. Barreto
• Fusarium oxysporum causal agent of wilt on crop fields of Phoenix canariensis in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
  H.E. Palmucci

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