Notes on Cranberry Pests

Pests on the move

Going hungry: The Irish Famine of the 1840s may appear a distant memory, but new strains of the pathogen that triggered it are still emerging and threatening food security. The image shows the Famine Monument at Dublin. (Photo: Professor Colin R. Howard (http://www.colinhoward.co.uk/photography.htm).) A simple line graph can tell a story of unimaginable tragedies. The population of Ireland incr...

.Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests

Name: Citrus blight disease Taxonomic position: Unknown Common names: Young tree decline, sandhill decline, roadside decline, rough lemon decline (English) Declinamiento, marchitamiento repentino (Spanish) Declinio (Portuguese) Notes on taxonomy and nomenclature: Typical citrus blight is the disease known in Florida (USA). More or less similar diseases have been described from other parts of th...

Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests

Name: Xanthomonas translucens pv. translucens (Jones et al.) Vauterin et al. Synonyms: Xanthomonas campestris pv. translucens (Jones et al.) Dye Xanthomonas campestris pv. cerealis (Hagborg) Dye Xanthomonas campestris pv. hordei (Hagborg) Dye Xanthomonas campestris pv. secalis (Reddy et al.) Dye Xanthomonas campestris pv. undulosa (Smith et al.) Dye Taxonomic position: Bacteria: Gracilicutes Co...

Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests

Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests