Submissions

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2020-09-11T00:36:00.0000000Z

Friendly Fungus Protects Against Wheat Scab

USDA ARS https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2020/friendly-fungus-protects-against-wheat-scab/ By Jan Suszkiw A fungal tenant of sorts that lives inside wheat plants could get its chance to "pay it forward" in the fight …

Wheat

Fusarium_graminearum

Sarocladium_zeae

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2020-09-10T07:56:00.0000000Z

EPPO Diagnostics PM 7/139 (1) Tospoviruses (Genus Orthotospovirus)

EPPO Bulletin https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/epp.12676?campaign=woletoc

Diagnostics

PM 7/139 (1) Tospoviruses (Genus Orthotospovirus)

First published: 29 August 2020

https://doi.org/10.1111/epp.12676

EPPO

Tospoviruses

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2020-09-09T05:14:00.0000000Z

Sterile fruit flies contribute to reduction in Queensland fruit fly population

FreshPlaza https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9247904/sterile-fruit-flies-contribute-to-reduction-in-queensland-fruit-fly-population/?edition=5

Releases of sterile fruit flies at two Australian locations have significantly reduced Queensland fruit fly …

DR MD PANNA ALI

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Identification request

2020-09-07T13:38:12.4435832Z

Identification of attached samples

I collected the attached samples from rice field today from Bangladesh Rice Research Institute research field, Gazipur, Bangladesh. Cay uou please identify it correctly.

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2020-09-06T21:13:00.0000000Z

PURPLE BLOTCH AND UNDIAGNOSED BULB ROT, ONION - INDIA: (KARNATAKA)

ProMED http://www.promedmail.org

Source: The New Indian Express [edited] https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2020/aug/25/onion-crops-rotted-after-heavy-showers-2187917.htmlDue to heavy rainfall and moisture in the air, onion crops in …

Onion

Purple_blotch

Negloh

Identification request

2020-09-04T17:36:02.4094003Z

Insect pest to identify.

Dear colleagues, attached are images of a small insect responsible for serious damages on Hibiscus plant and okra. Few individuals were also recorded from soya. this is happening in the central and northern parts of Togo. Please help identify this. … Read more...

Negloh

Togo

Identification request

2020-09-04T17:15:00.0000000Z

Identification

Please help identify the insect in attached photos. Insect found on Adansonia digitata in northern Togo, West Africa.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia_digitata - African baobab (editor)

Togo

Adansonia_digitata

African_baobab

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2020-09-04T01:55:00.0000000Z

Prior exposure to powdery mildew makes plants more vulnerable to subsequent disease Date:

ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200831112349.htm

Source:: Washington University in St. Louis
Summary:: A key to surviving in the wild is fighting off infection -- and not just once. For plants, as with humans, one infection may …

Powdery_mildew

Epidemics

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2020-09-04T01:33:00.0000000Z

When plants and their microbes are not in sync, the results can be disastrous

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2020-08-microbes-sync-results-disastrous.html

by Sheng-Yang He, The Conversation

Many of us have heard about inflammatory bowel disease, a debilitating condition that is associated with an abnormal collection of …

Plant_microbiome

Grahame Jackson

Sydney NSW, Australia

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2020-09-04T01:16:00.0000000Z

Researchers develop new chip design for analyzing plant-microbe interactions

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2020-09-chip-plant-microbe-interactions.html

by Joan Koka, Argonne National Laboratory Plants interact with certain microbes, such as bacteria and fungi, in mutually beneficial ways that scientists are only beginning …

PestNet

PM 7/139 (1) Tospoviruses (Genus Orthotospovirus)