Volume 17: February 2008 - July 2008

• First report of Iris yellow spot virus on Allium cepa in New Zealand
  L.I. Ward, Z. Perez-Egusquiza, J.D. Fletcher, F.M. Ochoa Corona, J.Z. Tang, L.W.Liefting, E.J. Martin, B.D. Quinn, H.R. Pappu & G.R.G. Clover
• Phytophthora cactorum causing bleeding canker of common beech, horse chestnut, and white poplar in the Czech Republic
  K. Cerny, V. Strnadova, B. Gregorova, V. Holub, M. Tomsovsky, M. Mrazkova & S. Gabrielova
• New plant hosts for group 16SrII, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’, in India
  Y. Arocha, A. Singh, M. Pandey, A.N. Tripathi, B. Chandra, S.K Shukla, Y. Singh, A. Kumar, R.K. Srivastava, N.W. Zaidi, M. Arif, S. Narwal, A.K. Tewari, M.K. Gupta, P.D. Nath, R. Rabindran, S.K. Khirbat, A.S. Byadgi, G. Singh, & E. Boa
• First report of Eutypa lata causing dieback of olive trees in Italy
  L.Tosi & G. Natalini
• Blueberry blight caused by Bipolaris cynodontis in Argentina
  M.N. Sisterna, B.A.Pérez, M. Divo de Sesar & E.R. Wright
• First confirmed report of citrus black spot caused by Guignardia citricarpa on sweet oranges (Citrus sinensis) in Uganda
  R. Reeder, P. L. Kelly & R. Harling
• Olivea tectonae, leaf rust of teak, occurs in Cuba
  M. Pérez, M.O. López & O. Martí
• First report of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. poinsettiicola, the bacterial leaf spot pathogen on Euphorbia pulcherrima in Austria
  R.A. Gottsberger & A. Plenk  
• Malvastrum coromandelianum is an alternative host of Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus
  P. Liu, Y. Xie & X.P. Zhou
• First report of pomegranate stem scab caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea in China
  H.X. Liu, X.D. Li, X.P. Zhu & A.X. Liu
• Occurrence of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’ (16SrII group) in cassava and four other species in Uganda
  Y. Arocha, R. Echodu, D. Talengera, J. Muhangi, E. Rockefeller, O. Asher, R. Nakacwa, R. Serugga, G. Gumisiriza, J. Tripathi, D. Kabuye, M. Otipa, K. Vutseme M. Lukanda & E. Boa
• Occurrence of Cercospora cantuariensis on hop in Austria and Slovenia
  S. Radisek, G. Leskosek, J. Jakse & B. Javornik
• A new threat to UK heathland from Phytophthora kernoviae on Vaccinium myrtillus in the wild
  P A Beales, P G. Giltrap,A Payne & N Ingram
• First report of Tomato leaf curl Joydebpur virus and associated betasatellite in kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) plants showing leaf curl symptoms from southern India
  S. Paul, R. Ghosh, S. Das, P. Palit, S. Acharyya, A. Das, J. I. Mir, S. Chaudhuri, S. K. Ghosh & A. Roy
• New strain of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi’ infecting Ulmus minor and Ulmus laevis in Serbia
  J. Jović, T. Cvrković, M. Mitrović, A. Petrović, S. Krnjajić & I. Toševski
• First detection of Hydrangea ringspot virus in mountain hydrangea in the Czech Republic
  J. Mertelik & K. Kloudova
• First report of Tulip virus X in New Zealand
  L.I. Ward, J. Tang, B.D. Quinn, E.J. Martin & G.R.G. Clover
• ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi’ causing yellows in Zelkova serrata newly reported in Italy
  G. Romanazzi & S. Murolo
• First report of the ash dieback pathogen Chalara fraxinea on Fraxinus excelsior in Austria
  E. Halmschlager & T. Kirisits
• First report of a 16SrXIV, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma cynodontis’ group phytoplasma associated with coconut yellow decline in Malaysia
  N. Nejat, K. Sijam, S. N. A. Abdullah, G. Vadamalai & M. Dickinson
• Sphenospora kevorkianii on the orchids Epidendrum paniculatum and Stanhopea graveolens newly reported in Argentina
  M. A. Cúndom, E. Galdeano, J. R. Tarragó & E. Flachslan
• Tobacco streak virus infecting faba bean (Vicia faba) reported for the first time
  M.A. Ali, S. Winter & G. A. Dafalla
• ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ (group 16SrI) associated with a witches'-broom disease of Cannabis sativa in India
  S. K. Raj, S. K. Snehi, M. S. Khan & S. Kumar
• Downy mildew outbreak on Chrysanthemum boreale caused by Paraperonospora minor
  Y. J. Choi, M. J. Park & H. D. Shin
• Natural occurrence of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma ziziphi’ isolates in two species of jujube trees (Ziziphus spp.) in India
  M. S. Khan, S. K. Raj & S. K. Snehi
• Strawberry mottle virus detected on strawberry in New Zealand
  L.I. Ward, B. D. Quinn, J. Tang, T. Wei & G.R.G. Clover
• Bacterial blight of Iris caused by Pseudomonas syringae in Virginia
  S. Umesha, P. Kong, P.A. Richardson & C. X. Hong
• First report of Eutypa lata on red currant (Ribes rubrum) in Italy
  D. Prodorutti, L. Michelon, T. Vanblaere, D. Gobbin & I. Pertot
• First identification of a phytoplasma infecting Cornus sanguinea and Sambucus nigra
  L. Filippin, E. Angelini & M. Borgo
• A novel finding of powdery mildew caused by Oidiopsis haplophylli on spinach
  M.J. Park, J.G. Han & H.D. Shin
• First observations of Mycosphaerella pini in Estonia
  M. Hanso & R. Drenkhan
• First report of alder yellows phytoplasma on common alder (Alnus glutinosa) in Serbia
  T. Cvrković, J. Jović, M. Mitrović, A. Petrović, S. Krnjajić, S. Malembic-Maher & I. Toševski
• First report of Pythium deliense as a pathogen of melon in Honduras and Guatemala
  M. de Cara, M. Santos, M. L. Herrero, M. B. Brurberg & J. C. Tello Marquina
• First report of bacterial blight of Anthurium andreanum in Poland
  J. Puławska, M. Kordyla-Bronka, E. Jouen, I. Robene-Soustrade, L. Gagnevin, O. Pruvost, P. Sobiczewski & L. Orlikowski
• Erwinia papayae causing papaya dieback in Malaysia
  N.H. Maktar, S. Kamis, F.Z. Mohd Yusof & N.H. Hussain
• Bacterial leaf spot of tobacco caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in China
  L. Yu, X.Y. Qin, J. Du, A.Y. Wang, Y.Y. Zhao, D.J. Shen, Y.X. Sun & Q. Huang
• Hop stunt viroid (HSVd) newly reported from hop in Xinjiang, China
  Lihua Guo, Shengxue Liu, Zujian Wu, Lingxiao Mu, Benchun Xiang & Shifang Li
• First report of a ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’-related strain associated with little leaf disease of Helianthus debilis in Florida, USA
  N. A. Harrison & E. E. Helmick

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