Plant Disease Volume 90, Number 1 (APSNet)
Selection of articles relevant to seed professionals

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FOCUS

The Latest in Plant Pathology and Nematology. Page 3. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0003.

FEATURE

The Continuing Saga of Rhizomania of Sugar Beets in the United States. Charles M. Rush, H.-Y. Liu, R. T. Lewellen, and R. Acosta-Leal. Pages 4-15. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0004.

RESEARCH

Host–Pathogen Interactions Between Phytophthora infestans and the Solanaceous Hosts Calibrachoa × hybridus, Petunia × hybrida, and Nicotiana benthamiana. M. C. Becktell, C. D. Smart, C. H. Haney, and W. E. Fry. Pages 24-32. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0024.   Interpretive Summary.

Avenacin Production in Creeping Bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera) and Its Influence on the Host Range of Gaeumannomyces graminis. S. L. Thomas, P. Bonello, P. E. Lipps, and M. J. Boehm. Pages 33-38. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0033.

Comparison of Severity Assessment Methods for Predicting Yield Loss to Rhizoctonia Foliar Blight in Soybean. K. C. Stetina, S. R. Stetina, and J. S. Russin. Pages 39-43. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0039.   Interpretive Summary.

Population Dynamics of the Lance Nematode (Hoplolaimus galeatus) in Creeping Bentgrass. D. M. Settle, J. D. Fry, T. C. Todd, and N. A. Tisserat. Pages 44-50. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0044.

Inheritance of Resistance to Fusarium Wilt in Sweet Basil. D. Chaimovitsh, N. Dudai, E. Putievsky, and A. Ashri. Pages 58-60. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0058.

Detection and Variability of Begomoviruses in Tomato from the Andean States of Venezuela. A. R. Nava, C. P. Patte, E. Hiebert, and J. E. Polston. Pages 61-66. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0061.

Effectiveness of an Attenuated Zucchini yellow mosaic virus Isolate for Cross-Protecting Cucumber. Yoshitaka Kosaka, Bo-Song Ryang, Takashi Kobori, Hiroshi Shiomi, Hisao Yasuhara, and Mitsunobu Kataoka. Pages 67-72. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0067.   Interpretive Summary.

Effect of Potato virus Y on Yield of Three Potato Cultivars Grown Under Different Nitrogen Levels. Jonathan L. Whitworth, Phil Nolte, Chris McIntosh, and Robert Davidson. Pages 73-76. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0073.   Interpretive Summary.

Lignin Degradation by Fusarium solani f. sp. glycines. V. V. Lozovaya, A. V. Lygin, O. V. Zernova, S. Li, J. M. Widholm, and G. L. Hartman. Pages 77-82. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0077.   Interpretive Summary.

DISEASE NOTES

First Report of Ramulispora sorghicola in the United States Causing Oval Leaf Spot on Johnsongrass and Sorghum in Texas. G. N. Odvody, D. T. Rosenow, and M. C. Black. Page 108. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0108A.

First Report of Leaf Spot of Smooth Bromegrass Caused by Pithomyces chartarum in Nebraska. C. Eken, C. C. Jochum, and G. Y. Yuen. Page 108. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0108C.

A Begomovirus Associated with Leaf Curling and Chlorosis of Soybean in Sinaloa, Mexico is Related to Pepper golden mosaic virus. J. Méndez-Lozano, E. Quintero-Zamora, M. P. Barbosa-Jasso, N. E. Leyva-López, J. A. Garzón-Tiznado, and G. R. Argüello-Astorga. Page 109. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0109B.

First Report of Sudden Death Syndrome of Soybean Caused by Fusarium solani f. sp. glycines in Nebraska. A. D. Ziems, L. J. Giesler, and G. Y. Yuen. Page 109. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0109C.

First Report of Brown Rot and Wilt of Fennel Caused by Phytophthora megasperma in Italy. S. O. Cacciola, A. Pane, D. E. L. Cooke, F. Raudino, and G. Magnano di San Lio. Page 110. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0110A.

First Report of Beet virus Q in Spain. C. Rubies Autonell, C. Ratti, R. Resca, M. De Biaggi, and J. Ayala García. Page 110. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0110B.

First Report of Pustula tragopogonis, the Cause of White Rust on Cultivated Sunflower in Southern Germany. M. Thines, R. Zipper, and O. Spring. Page 110. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0110C.

First Report in Sweden of Downy Mildew on Parsley Caused by Plasmopara petroselini. T. Amein, C. H. B. Olsson, M. Wikström, and S. A. I. Wright. Page 111. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0111A.

First Report of Sclerotinia Blight Caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on Peanut in Georgia. J. E. Woodward, T. B. Brenneman, R. C. Kemerait, Jr., A. K. Culbreath, and J. R. Clark. Page 111. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0111B.

First Report of Race 2 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici, the Causal Agent of Fusarium Wilt on Tomato in Taiwan. Z. M. Sheu and T. C. Wang. Page 111. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0111C.

Black Choke Disease Caused by an Ephelis sp. on Purple Fountain Grass in Maryland. E. Lewis Roberts and J. F. White, Jr. Page 112. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0112A.

First Report of Beet soilborne virus in Poland. N. Borodynko, B. Hasiów, and H. Pospieszny. Page 112. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0112B.

First Report of Asian Soybean Rust Caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi on Soybean in Alabama. J. M. Mullen, E. J. Sikora, J. M. McKemy, M. E. Palm, L. Levy, and R. DeVries-Paterson. Page 112. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0112C.

The Spread of Stem Rust Caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, with Virulence on Sr31 in Wheat in Eastern Africa. R. Wanyera, M. G. Kinyua, Y. Jin, and R. P. Singh. Page 113. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0113A.

A New Biotype of Phaeosphaeria sp. of Uncertain Affinity Causing Stagonospora Leaf Blotch Disease in Cereals in Poland. E. Reszka, E. Arseniuk, A. Malkus, K. R. Chung, N. R. O’Neill, Q. J. Song, and P. P. Ueng. Page 113. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0113B.

First Report of Sclerotinia Stem Rot of Chickpea Caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in North Dakota and Washington. W. Chen, B. Schatz, B. Henson, K. E. McPhee, and F. J. Muehlbauer. Page 114. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0114A.

Dasylirion serratifolium as a New Host of Botrytis cinerea, the Causal Agent of Leaf Spots and Blight in Italy. G. Polizzi and A. Vitale. Page 114. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0114B.

First Report of Tomato severe rugose virus in Chili Pepper in Brazil. I. C. Bezerra-Agasie, G. B. Ferreira, A. C. de Ávila, and A. K. Inoue-Nagata. Page 114. DOI: 10.1094/PD-90-0114C.

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