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Foreign plant pest makes second trip in 11 years to West Fargo - WDAY

Foreign plant pest makes second trip in 11 years to West Fargo - WDAY | Plant Pests - Global Travellers | Scoop.it

Foreign plant pest makes second trip in 11 years to West Fargo. West Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) -

Japanese beetles have been found in traps in the eastern U.S.

The bug mainly damages trees, ornamental plants and grass, but they also can damage soybean and corn crops.

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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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