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...

During the summer of 2014, symptoms of upwardly rolled leaves, yellowing and stunted growth were observed in ∼14% of chilli pepper cv. Pasilla plants from 40 ha of commercial fields in the municipality of Villa de Cos, Zacatecas, Mexico. Beet leafhoppers (Circulifer tenellus) were also collected...

During disease surveys conducted in September 2015 at 3 Zimbabwean farms in 3 districts, weeds in and near onion fields were found to have thrips feeding damage symptoms. Additionally, some weed leaves were chlorotic and deformed. Onion leaves and scapes had irregular, grey-to-bleached white...

In June 2015, bleeding cankers were observed on the main stem of black oaks (Quercus velutina) also damaged by the from gall wasp, Zapatella davisae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA. The sapwood underneath bleeding cankers was darkly discoloured and contrasted...

Carrot (Daucus carota cv. Mascot) plants exhibiting symptoms of yellowing, purpling, and curling of leaves, proliferation of shoots, formation of hairy secondary roots, and plant decline were observed in March 2014 and February 2015 in commercial fields in the Gharb Region of Morocco. The symptoms...

Cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV) is vectored by cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii) and causes Cotton blue disease. This disease results in significant crop losses in commercial cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) from several regions of the world. CLRDV was detected using molecular tools in a sample of Sea...

More than 40 different aphid species (Hemiptera: Aphididae) landing on plum and apricot trees were captured with Sticky shoot method and identified in the experimental orchards in Western Serbia during 2009-2011. The most abundant species found in 2009 and 2011 belongs to the genus Aphis. In 2010, ...

In August 2015, symptomatic pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) plants were observed in Linyi, Shandong province, China. Plants exhibited symptoms of leaf mottling, crinkling and mosaic which appeared similar to symptoms caused by Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). Twenty field samples, 2 symptomatic 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,...