The first record of southern blight on pineapple lily, prairie poppy mallow, creeping phlox, white cup and melampodium in Japan.

Sasai, Y., Tachi, S., Shimura, M., Sakaguchi, M., Ozawa, A., Yoshizawa, Y., Konishi, N., Kagiwada, S., Ishikawa, S., Horie, H., (2014). Annual Report of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society(No.61), 99-102. Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society, Tsukuba, Japan. Japanese language

First report of gray mold of christmas bells and fairy bells in Japan.

Iihama, H., Takeuchi, J., Ono, T., Shimura, M., Yoshizawa, Y., Yazawa, K., Kagiwada, S., Horie, H., (2013). Annual Report of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society(No.60), 83-85. Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society, Tsukuba, Japan. Japanese language