Japanese flower thrips (Thrips setosus Moulton, 1928) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) was found in Croatia in May 2016 on potted hydrangea plants (Hydrangea spp.) originating from domestic production. It was found in the open, in a nursery in Turanj (N 43°58′18.5″E 15°25′1.5″). This is the first record...

Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV), a member of genus Crinivirus, family Closteroviridae, is a whitefly-transmitted virus that has spread with increasing frequency of infections in solanaceous crops in China. In August 2014, chlorotic spots were observed on pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) leaves in fields...

During a field investigation carried out during the 2014 growing season, leaves of a kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) plant showing symptoms of brown ringspots and necrotic spots were collected from Guizhou Province, China. To identify the potential existence of viruses infecting the plant, total...

In May 2015, a leaf curl disease was observed on tomato and Senna tora plants growing in District Ballia, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. The symptoms in S. tora plants consisted of leaf curl disease. The presence of whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci), the vector of begomoviruses, was also observed on the...

Wild radish (Raphanus sativus and R. raphanistrum) and garden rocket (Eruca vesicaria) plants displaying interveinal yellowing in the lower leaves were found in Mauá da Serra (Paraná, Brazil). The garden rocket field with symptomatic plants was in close vicinity to tomato with high frequency of...

During the 2012 autumn season, unusual symptoms of leaf yellowing and curling were observed on several plants of Urtica membranacea growing along the rows of a greenhouse tomato cultivation in southern Italy (Torre del Greco, Campania Region). Tomato cv. Jama plants in the greenhouse were affected...

During the 2015 growing season, tunnel- and field-cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) crops in the Limpopo Province of the Republic of South Africa developed dark brown spots on the leaves that progressed to a burnt-like appearance. Symptoms began as necrotic spots at the base of young leaves...

Following the first identification of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) in Shanghai, China in 2006, it has been reported from many provinces of China as one of the most important tomato pathogens. TYLCV is transmitted by whitefly Bemisia tabaci, while weed plants act as intermediate hosts and...

In this study, we monitored the carrying rate of ToCV of Bemisia tabaci in major tomato production areas of China in 2013 and 2014. We discovered that in 2013, among all B. tabaci samples collected from 16 different areas of China, those from Yuncheng Shanxi, Taiyuan Shanxi, Shanghe Shandong,...

As weeds infected with 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' (CLso) could be reservoirs of the pathogen in the absence of crops, weeds surrounding tomato crops in Hawke's Bay (North Island) were monitored every 3 months for presence of tomato potato psyllid (TPP; Bactericera cockerelli) between...