Clarissa Balbalian (Chair, National Data Committee)
The Communicator: Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2025
The following lists document additions, modifications and deletions to the National Data Repository (NDR) Host and Pest dictionaries that were implemented in December. You can view updates to the NPDN host and pest dictionaries any time by logging into NDR clicking on the Dictionaries tab and selecting Updates from the dropdown menu.
A guideline to understanding data dictionaries in the NDR is available to NPDN members online. NPDN members also have access to an online guideline on how to request new host/pest codes or changes to existing codes. Members must be logged in to access the NDR and the guidelines.
Entries below are listed alphabetically by common name followed by the scientific name appearing in parentheses.
Host Dictionary Updates
New Host Additions
Cupgrass (Eriochloa sp./spp.)
Smartweed (Persicaria sp./spp.
Modified Hosts
None
Deleted Hosts*
None
Pest Dictionary Updates
New Pest Codes
Soft tick (Carios sp./spp.)
Royal palm bug (Xylastodoris luteolus)
Eriophyid mite (Calepitrimerus sp./spp.)
Trichovirus Group (Trichovirus Group)
Closteroviridae family (Family Closteroviridae)
Luteovirus Group (Luteovirus Group)
Polerovirus Group (Polerovirus Group)
Allexivirus Group (Allexivirus Group)
Potyviridae Family (Family Potyviridae)
Modified Pest Codes
Rust (Puccinia tumidipes)
Phytophthora alni species complex (Phytophthora alni species complex)
Deleted Pest Codes*
None
*The NPDN does not delete any data. Deletion means that as of the date of the change, that host or pest code is no longer viable and the choice has been eliminated from the NDR host and/or pest dictionary.
