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Anplophora glabripennis - An exotic beetle pest of trees found in Kent (UK)

Anplophora glabripennis - An exotic beetle pest of trees found in Kent (UK) | Plant Pests - Global Travellers | Scoop.it

An outbreak of the Asian longhorn beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), an exotic beetle pest which could have severe consequences for British trees, has been found in Kent (England, United Kingdom), the Food & Environment Research Agency (Fera) confirmed  on the 28th of March 2012.

 

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http://www.forestry.gov.uk/newsrele.nsf/web-allbysubject/ADF25B31C39D4A5F802579CF00367EE9


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Update: New Pest & Disease Records (06 Feb 13)

Update: New Pest & Disease Records (06 Feb 13) | Plant Pests - Global Travellers | Scoop.it

Selected: the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this fortnight include the identification and characterisation of Citrus yellow vein clearing virus, the spread dynamics and agricultural impact of Sorghum halepense and the first report of black scurf on carrot caused by binucleate Rhizoctonia AG-U.

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Update: New Pest & Disease Records (21 Feb 12)

Plantwise blog: We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts.

Records this fortnight include a new, unnamed virus infecting tomatoes and Euphorbia species in Venezuela; first reports of watermelon viruses in Palestine and Serbia; and a phytoplasma that infects prickly pear being found in its weed, bug and mollusc pests


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