Volume 8: August 2003 - January 2004

• First report of rust disease caused by Puccinia linkii on Viburnum edule in Turkey
  H. Kavak
• First report of Phytophthora ramorum on container-grown plants of rhododendron and viburnum in Slovenia
  M. Žerjav, A. Munda, CR Lane, AV Barnes & KJD Hughes
• First report of Ramorum dieback (Phytophthora ramorum) on container-grown English yew (Taxus baccata) in England
  C.R. Lane, P.A. Beales, K.J.D. Hughes, J.A. Tomlinson, A.J. Inman & K. Warwick
• First report of canker stain disease of plane trees, caused by Ceratocystis fimbriata f. sp. platani in Greece
  P. Tsopelas & A. Angelopoulos
• First report of powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera phaseoli (syn. Sphaerotheca phaseoli) on cowpea (Vigna sinensis L.) in Turkey
  E.M. Soylu, S. Soylu & S. Kurt
• First report of powdery mildew caused by Leveillula taurica on leek (Allium porrum L.) in Turkey
  S. Kurt, S. Soylu, E.M. Soylu & F.M. Tok
• Occurrence of Cucumber vein yellowing virus in cucurbitaceous species in southern Portugal
  D. Louro, A. Quinot, E. Neto, J. E. Fernandes, D. Marian, M. Vecchiati, P. Caciagli, A.M. Vaira
• The first report of Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) in commercial tomatoes in the UK
  R.A. Mumford, B. Jarvis & A. Skelton
• First report of powdery mildew (Oidium carpini) on Carpinus betulus in Poland
  M. Piątek
• A new mosaic disease of Amazon lily in Taiwan
  W.-C. Wu & Y.-C. Chang
• Phomopsis longicolla - new pathogen on Abutilon theophrasti in Croatia
  K. Vrandecic, J. Cosic, L. Riccioni, T. Duvnjak & D. Jurkovic
• Occurrence of Erysiphe flexuosa (syn. Uncinula flexuosa) on horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) in Hungary
  L. Kiss, L Vajna & G. Fischl
• Phoma sorghina, a new pathogen associated with Phaeosphaeria leaf spot on maize in Brazil
  A.L. do Amaral, M.L. de Carli, J.F. Barbosa Neto & F. K. Dal Soglio
• First report of foliar blight in Brassica rapa sp. chinensis caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG-4
  G.H. Yang, X.Q. Chen, H.R. Chen, S. Natio, A. Ogoshi & J.F Zhao
• Rust of Queensland arrowroot (Canna edulis) caused by Puccinia thaliae: a new record for India
  M.L. Jeeva, Vinayaka Hegde, T. Makeshkumar, S. Sriram, R.R. Nair, S. Edison & Nita Mathur
• Occurrence of Erysiphe buhrii on Gypsophila paniculata in Argentina
  S.M. Wolcan & L. Ronco
• Erysiphe elevata (syn. Microsphaera elevata), a new North American powdery mildew fungus in Europe infecting Catalpa bignonioides trees
  L. Vajna, G. Fischl & L. Kiss
• Occurrence of Pestalotia stevensonii on Pinus pinea in Spain
  D. Veroz, F.M. Alves-Santos & J. Diez
• Two New Orchid Hosts of Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. from India
  T.K. Bag
• First report of leaf rust on plum (Prunus cerasifera) by Tranzschelia pruni-spinosa var. discolor in the eastern Mediterranean region of Turkey
  S. Soylu, E.M. Soylu & S. Kurt
• First report of Thielaviopsis populi on hybrid poplar in Hungary
  I. Szabó & T.C. Harrington
• First report of Maize rough dwarf virus (MRDV) on maize crops in Greece
  C. I. Dovas, K. Eythymiou & N. I. Katis
• First report of cassava mosaic disease and cassava mosaic geminiviruses in Gabon
  J.P. Legg, F. Ndjelassili & G. Okao-Okuja
• First evidence for the spread of East African cassava mosaic virus – Uganda (EACMV-UG) and the pandemic of severe cassava mosaic disease to Burundi
  S. Bigirimana, P. Barumbanze, R. Obonyo & J.P. Legg
• First report of Tobacco rattle virus occurring in Gladiolus in India
  Meenu Katoch, M.Z. Abdin & A.A. Zaidi
• Deep sunken lesions - an atypical symptom on potato tubers caused by Colletotrichum coccodes during storage
  I. Glais & D. Andrivon
• First report of Sphenospora kevorkianii (Raveneliaceae) on the orchid Catasetum fimbriatum in Brazil
  O.L. Pereira and R.W. Barreto
• First report of walnut canker caused by Fusarium incarnatum in Argentina
  S. Seta, M. Gonzalez & G. Lori
• Wilt of stock (Mattiola incana) caused by Fusarium oxysporum in the United Kingdom
  T.M. O’Neill, A. Shepherd, A.J. Inman & C.R. Lane
• First record of leaf rust caused by Puccinia hordei on Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum in Turkey
  H. Kavak
• First report of Sida golden yellow vein virus infecting Sida species in Cuba
  A.L. Echemendía, P.L. Ramos, L. Díaz R. Peral, A. Fuentes, M. Pujol & G. González
• First report of stem rot of rosemary caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in the United States
  M.L. Putnam
• Occurrence of South African cassava mosaic virus (SACMV) in Zimbabwe
  R.W. Briddon, I. Robertson P.G. Markham& J. Stanley
• Powdery mildew on snowberry in Hungary caused by Erysiphe symphoricarpi (syn. Microsphaera symphoricarpi)
  O. Szentiványi, K. Varga & L. Kiss
• Outbreak of postbloom fruit drop of citrus, caused by Colletotrichum acutatum, in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil
  G.F. Theodoro, N.A.R. Peres & L.A.F. Verona
• Detection of Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus in four pasture grass species in Australia
  M.H. Ellis, G.J. Rebetzke, W.M. Kelman, C.S. Moore & J.E. Hyles
• Potato leaf curl - a new disease of potato in northern India caused by a strain of Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus
  K. S. Usharani, B. Surendranath, S.M. Paul-Khurana, I.D. Garg & V.G. Malathi
• Natural occurrence of Tomato ringspot virus on grapevines in Iran
  R. Pourrahim, F. Rakhshandhero, Sh. Farzadfar, A. R. Golnaraghi

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