Volume 15: February 2007 - July 2007

• Cladosporium species and Alternaria alternata cause serious post-harvest early calyx decay (PHECD) in truss tomatoes in Israel
  A. Bustan, S. Cohen, O. Erlich & L. Tsror (Lahkim)
• Orychophragmus violaceus, a new host of Potato virus X, reported from China
  X.S. Li, Y.Y. Cao, T. Zhou, Y.Q. Cheng, H.F. Li & Z.F. Fan
• Identification of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus from Foshou (Citrus medica) in China
  X. Deng, J. Chen, Z. Shan, G. Zhou, H. Li, & E. L. Civerolo
• Dieback due to Lasiodiplodia theobromae, a new constraint to cocoa production in Cameroon
  M. Mbenoun, E.H. Momo Zeutsa, G. Samuels, F. Nsouga Amougou & S. Nyasse
• Isolation and identification of Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi causing bleeding canker of horse chestnut in the UK
  J.F. Webber, N.M. Parkinson, J. Rose, H. Stanford R.T.A. Cook & J.G. Elphinstone
• Occurrence of a 16SrII group phytoplasma associated with crotalaria witches’ broom in Hainan, China
  Z. H. Wang, Q. B. Chen, L. F. Yang, H. C. Li & C. J. Bai
• Cydonia oblonga as reservoir of Apple Chlorotic Leaf Spot Virus in India
  T. Rana, V. Chandel, V. Hallan & A. A. Zaidi>
• First Report of Lavender Wilt Caused by Fusarium solani in China
  Y.-Z. Ren, H. Tan, Z.-J. Li, J. Du & H. Li
• Pelargonium chlorotic ring pattern virus: first report in Spain
  L. Ruiz, A. Castaño, M. Borja & C. Hernández
• The discovery and characterisation of Plum pox virus (PPV) isolates in Montenegro
  M. Viršček Marn, I. Mavrič Pleško & J. Zindović
• Shallot virus X in Indian shallot, a new virus report for India
  S. Majumder, M. Arya, R. P. Pant & V. K. Baranwal
• First report on Pyrenophora teres causing lesions of wheat leaves in Hungary
  B. Tóth, M. Csősz, D. Kopahnke& J. Varga
• Diplodia mutila new reported causing seedling mortality of Iriartea deltoidea palm trees
  P. Alvarez-Loayza, J. F. White Jr., M. Bergen & C. Cadenas
• A phytoplasma is associated with witches’ broom disease of Tabebuia pentaphylla in Brazil
  R. G. Mafia, R. W. Barreto, C. A. Vanetti , J. Hodgetts, M. Dickinson & A. C. Alfenas
• The first finding of Pythium root rot and leaf blight of elephant foot yam (Amorphophallus paeonifolius) in India
  S. Guha Roy & C.X. Hong
• A new host for Pithomyces chartarum, the cause of a leaf spot disease on Withania somnifera
  O.P. Verma, R.B.L. Gupta & A. Shivpuri
• First report of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali ; in oriental lilies and its association with leaf scorch in Poland
  M. Kamińska & H. Śliwa
• Gymnosporangium sabinae found in Norway
  Halvor B. Gjærum, Yngvar Gauslaa & Venche Talgø
• Bacterial wilt, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, on tomato in Italy
  S. Loreti, M. Fiori, D. De Simone, G. Falchi, A.Gallelli, A. Schiaffino & S. Ena
• Molecular evidence for a new potyvirus species in yam (Dioscorea spp.) on the island of Guadeloupe
  Mustapha Bousalem & Stéphanie Loubet
• First report of Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid infecting commercial Petunia stocks in the United Kingdom
  T. James, V. Mulholland, C. Jeffries & J. Chard
• Brazil, a new location for powdery mildew on parsley and fenchel plants
  D.D. Rosa, C.T. Ohto, M.A. Basseto, N.L. de Souza & E.L. Furtado
• Streptosolen jamesonii ‘Yellow’, a new host plant of Potato spindle tuber viroid
  J.Th.J. Verhoeven, C.C.C. Jansen & J.W. Roenhorst
• Coconut lethal yellowing on the Southern Coast of the Dominican Republic is associated with a new 16Sr IV group phytoplasma
  R.T. Martinez, M. Narvaez, S. Fabre, N. Harrison, C. Oropeza, M. Dollet & E. Hichez
• Discovery of Erysiphe platani anamorph on Platanus xhispanica from Brazil
  E. M. Inokuti, D.J. Soares & R.W. Barreto
• First report of leaf blight of garlic (Allium sativum) caused by Stemphylium solani in China
  L. Zheng, J. Huang & T. Hsiang
• First report of brown patch on bristle basket grass in Iran
  M. A. Aghajan, A. Alizadeh & H. Rahimian
• First report of Oidium neolycopersici on tomatoes in Turkey
  L. Yolageldi, B. Sin & E. Onogur
• First report of Olive latent virus 2 in wild castor bean (Ricinus communis) in Italy
  G. Parrella, A. De Stradis & C. Vovlas
• First report of Cryphonectria parasitica on chestnut (Castanea sativa) in Azerbaijan
  D. N. Aghayeva & T.C. Harrington
• First report of bacterial leaf and flower spot of Zinnia elegans caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. zinniae in Hungary
  I. Schwarczinger, L. Vajna & S. Süle
• First report of Melon necrotic spot virus on melon in Tunisia
  S. Yakoubi, C. Desbiez, H. Fakhfakh, C. Wipf-Scheibel, M. Marrakchi & H. Lecoq
• Phytophthora alni causing decline of black and gray alders in the Czech Republic
  K. Cerny, B. Gregorova, V. Strnadova, V. Holub, M. Tomsovsky & M. Cervenka
• First report of Macrophomina phaseolina causing crown and root rot of strawberry in Spain
  M. Avilés, S. Castillo, J. Bascon, T. Zea-Bonilla, P. M. Martín-Sánchez & R. M. Pérez-Jiménez
• First report of Septoria pachyspora causing leaf blotch of Zanthoxylum schinifolium
  S.H. Lee, K.H. Kim & H.D. Shin
• First report of Beet soil-borne virus on sugar beet in China
  Bin Wang, Min Li, Jingji Zhang, Chenggui Han, Dawei Li & Jialin Yu
• Occurrence of Grovesinia pyramidalis on Soursop and Avocado in Bahia, Brazil
  J.L.Bezerra, E.D.M.N.Luz, K.P.Gramacho, V.R. de Figueirêdo & K.M.T. Bezerra
• First Report of Honeysuckle yellow vein mosaic virus on tomato affected by yellow dwarf disease in Japan
  K. Kitamura, T. Ogawa, P. Sharma, & M. Ikegami
• Alternaria infectoria species group associated with black point of wheat in Argentina
  A. Perelló, M. Moreno & M. Sisterna
• Mixed infection of dahlia plants in Poland with apple proliferation and aster yellows phytoplasmas
  M. Kamińska & H. Śliwa
• First report of rust disease caused by Puccinia elymi on Leymus chinensis in China
  Z. Li, X. Wang & D. L. Wang
• First Report of Fusarium dimerum on Solanum tuberosum in Turkey
  C. Eken, İ. Hasenekoğlu, İ. Çoruh, E. Demirer & E. Demirci
• Tumorigenic Agrobacterium rhizogenes biovar 2 isolated from grapevine in Spain
  M.M. López, A. Palacio-Bielsa, R. González-Abolafio, R. Santiago, C. I. Salcedo & R. Penyalver
• First report of Broad bean wilt virus 1 in Slovenia
  N. Mehle, M. Tušek Žnidarič, T. Tornos & M. Ravnikar
• First Report of Phoma exigua as a pathogen of hop in Slovenia
  S. Radisek, J. Jakse, B. Javornik & J. de Gruyter
• New report of a powdery mildew on Wisteria in the UK
  B. Henricot & R. T. A. Cook
• First report of a phytoplasma associated with Praxelis witches’ broom in China
  Z. H. Wang, Q. B. Chen, A. Q. Ye & H. Zhang
• First record of leaf spots and stem lesions on Pistacia lentiscus caused by Cylindrocladium pauciramosum and C. scoparium in Italy
  A. Vitale & G. Polizzi
• Alternaria alternata fruit rot of pomegranate (Punica granatum)  in Greece
  G.T. Tziros, A.L. Lagopodi & K. Tzavella-Klonari
• First report of yellow stunt and root rot of standing milkvetch caused by Embellisia sp. from China
  Yanzhong Li & Zhibiao Nan
• First report of a 16SrI, Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris group phytoplasma associated with a date palm disease in Saudi Arabia
  K. Alhudaib, Y. Arocha, M. Wilson & P. Jones
• First report of powdery mildew of Platanus orientalis caused by Erysiphe platani in China
  C. Liang, G.Z. Lu & H.D. Shin
• First identification of Beet western yellows virus on sugarbeet and lettuce in China
  H.Y. Xiang, Q.X. Shang, C.G. Han, D.W. Li & J.L. Yu
• First report on the occurrence of Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus on nine cucurbitaceous species in China
  H.Y. Xiang, Q. X. Shang, C.G. Han, D.W. Li & J.L. Yu
• First Report of a strain of Tobacco leaf curl Japan virus associated with a satellite DNA in honeysuckle in Japan
  T. Ogawa, P. Sharma & M. Ikegami
• First report of pospiviroids infecting ornamentals in the Netherlands: Citrus exocortis viroid in Verbena sp., Potato spindle tuber viroid in Brugmansia suaveolens and Solanum jasminoides, and Tomato apical stunt viroid in Cestrum sp.
  J.Th.J. Verhoeven, C.C.C. Jansen and J.W. Roenhorst
• First report of powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe lonicerae var. lonicerae on Lonicera sempervirens in Korea
  K.H. Kim, S.K. Lee & H.D. Shin
• Occurrence in Tunisia of potato tuber necrotic ringspot disease (PTNRD) caused by variant PVY^NTN of Potato virus Y
  S. Boukhris Bouhachem, N. Khamassy, L. Glais, C. Kerlan
• Occurrence of Cherry green ring mottle virus in Turkey
  H.M. Sipahioglu, M. Usta & M. Ocak
• First report of the identification of Moroccan watermelon mosaic virus in papaya in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
  Y. Arocha, N. Vigheri, B. Nkoy-Florent, K. Bakwanamaha, B. Bolomphety, M. Kasongo, P. Betts, W.A. Monger, V. Harju , R.A. Mumford & P. Jones
• First report of Canna yellow mottle virus (CaYMV) in Italy and in The Netherlands
  MT. Marino, E. Ragozzino, B.E.L. Lockhart, R. Miglino & D. Alioto
• First report of Phaeoacremonium viticola affecting grapevines in Spain
  A. Aroca, J. Luque & R. Raposo

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