The pine sawyer beetle Monochamus galloprovincialis is one of the main vectors of the pathogenic pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, the causal agent of pine wilt disease. Although the nematode is absent from northern Africa, the vector M. galloprovincialis has been previously reported...
Author(s)
Mejri, M.; Naves, P.; Sousa, E.; Jamâa, M. L. B.
Publisher
Institution de Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles (IRESA), Tunis, Tunisia
Citation
Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection, 2014, 9, 2, pp 171-176
Monitoring of tomato crops in Tunisia, early in the 2014 season, revealed severe yellowing on some plants randomly distributed in the field. The symptoms consisted of a uniform light green colouration of affected plants with interveinal chlorosis on individual leaves coalescing into chlorotic...
Author(s)
Mnari-Hattab, M.; Zammouri, S.; Salleh, W.; Hdider, C.; Hajlaoui, M. R.
Publisher
British Society for Plant Pathology, Reading, UK
Citation
New Disease Reports, 2014, 30, pp 3
During the summer of 2010, unfamiliar symptoms of fruit rot were frequently observed on different Tunisian olive (Olea europaea) cultivars. These symptoms appeared to be associated with the damage caused by the olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae). At first, infected olives showed a brown colour and...
Author(s)
Chattaoui, M.; Rhouma, A.; Krid, S.; Triki, M. A.; Moral, J.; Msallem, M.; Trapero, A.
Publisher
American Phytopathological Society (APS Press), St. Paul, USA
Citation
Plant Disease, 2011, 95, 6, pp 770
A new distribution map is provided for Beet mosaic virus. Potyviridae: Potyvirus. Hosts: beetroot (Beta vulgaris), sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera) and white yam (Dioscorea alata). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,...
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases, 2011, No.April, pp Map 1097 (Edition 1)
A new distribution map is given for Tobacco etch virus (Potyviridae: Potyvirus). The hosts include bell pepper (Capsicum annuum), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Information is provided on the geographical distribution in Europe (Cyprus, France, Hungary and Russia),...
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases, 2010, No.October, pp Map 1094 (Edition 1)
A new distribution map is provided for Iris yellow spot virus, Bunyaviridae: Tospovirus. Hosts: onion (Allium cepa), Dutch iris (Iris hollandica), leek (Allium porrum) and Hippeastrum spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (France, Mainland France, Germany, Italy,...
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases, 2009, No.October, pp Map 1011 (Edition 2)
This paper describes the results of a survey conducted in April 2003 in different regions in Tunisia to identify the viruses infecting faba bean. The infection of faba bean plants by soybean dwarf virus is reported for the first time. Acyrthosiphon pisum is identified as a vector of the disease in...
Author(s)
Asma Najar; Kumari, S. G.; Makkouk, K. M.; Abderazzek Daaloul
Publisher
American Phytopathological Society (APS Press), St. Paul, USA
Citation
Plant Disease, 2003, 87, 9, pp 1151
DAS-ELISA was used to study the presence of viruses in four aphid species (Aphis gossypii, Aphis craccivora, Myzus persicae and Macrosiphum euphorbiae) and in the leaves of their host plants potato, capsicum and tomato. Samples were collected in different regions in Tunisia: north, Cap Bon, Sahel,...
Author(s)
Raboudi, F.; Ben Moussa, A.; Makni, H.; Marrakchi, M.; Makni, M.
Publisher
Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK
Citation
Bulletin OEPP, 2002, 32, 3, pp 495-498