Sara May, The Pennsylvania State University – NEPDN and Swarnalatha Moparthi, North Carolina State University - SPDN
The Communicator: Volume 5, Issue 4, April 2024
Contact Sara May (srm183@psu.edu) and Swarnalatha Moparthi (smopart@ncsu.edu) for suggestions to include.
Pathogens
Colorimetric LAMP assay for detection of Xanthomonas phaseoli pv. manihotis in cassava through genomics: a new approach to an old problem https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-23-1507-RE
A multiplex RT-PCR for the detection of three viruses and one viroid infecting hemp https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-02-23-0021-R
Notable First Reports
Herbaceous ornamentals and turfgrass:
Southern blight of water lily: The first host record of Agroathelia rolfsii on Nelumbo nucifera discovered in Florida, USA https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-24-0020-PDN
Woody ornamentals and forests:
First report of Cryptostroma corticale causing sooty bark disease in California and first worldwide report of silver maple as a host https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-23-2734-PDN
First record of Diplodia gallae causing branch cankers on declining scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea) in Virginia https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-23-2781-PDN
Vegetables, herbs, and table beet:
First report of the Horse nettle virus infecting tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in the United States https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-23-2810-PDN
Tree fruit and small fruit: berries, nuts, stone and pome fruit
First Report of Neofabraea actinidiae causing a cranberry fruit rot in Oregon https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-23-2526-PDN
New fungal disease of strawberry fruits caused by Neurospora dictyophora in Mexico
https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12261
Field crops, cannabis, sugar beet, potato, sunflower:
First report of Meloidogyne hapla on hemp (Cannabis sativa) in Oregon https://doi.org/10.2478/jofnem-2024-0008
Identification and molecular characterization of dahlia common mosaic virus from Silphium spp., a new natural host of the virus https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-12-23-0156-SC
Peer review highlights
TOMMicroNet: Convolutional neural networks for smartphone-based microscopic detection of tomato biotic and abiotic plant health issues https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-04-23-0123-R
Revolutionizing agriculture with artificial intelligence: plant disease detection methods, applications, and their limitations https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1356260
Development of a long amplicon PMA-qPCR assay for detection of viable Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni cells in peach trees https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-24-0012-RE
Opportunistic pathogenicity observed for the endophytic fungus Diaporthe ueckerae on Gossypium hirsutum plants https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-024-01637-9
Alternaria diseases on potato and tomato https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13435
Extension
How to deal with Diagnosis
https://www.e-gro.org/pdf/2024-13-18.pdf
