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Edition 26, May 2019
- First report of seed transmission of Tomato torrado virus (ToTV) in tomato
- Composting to sanitize plant-based waste infected with Synchytrium endobioticum and Potato spindle tuber viroid
- First report of Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi, the causal agent of bleeding canker of horse chestnut, in Slovenia
- Dispersal of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus airborne inoculum at different scales
- Beech leaf disease: an emerging epidemic in North America
- Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, a new tobamovirus affecting greenhouse tomatoes
- Remediation of Phytophthora ramorum-infested soil with biological control agent Trichoderma asperellum isolate 04-22
- Neosilba zadolicha moving in trade with peppers
- First report on establishment of Laricobius osakensis (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), a biological control agent for hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), in the eastern U.S.
- Ips typographus detected in the U.K.
- A beneficial predatory insect, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) as a pathway for the spread of hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae)
- Acoustic methods for detection of wood boring quarantine pests
- Whole angiosperm dispersal by gut passage through waterbirds
- Framework for identifying future invasive alien species in Europe
Edition 25, December 2018
- New hosts of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, the causal agent of ash dieback
- A reclassification of Pectobacterium strains to Pectobacterium polaris
- New host for Candidatus Phytoplasma mali
- Studies on seed transmission of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus
- Candidatus Phytoplasma fragariae
- First report of Meloidogyne luci naturally infecting potato in Portugal
- The linear mitochondrial genome of the quarantine chytrid Synchytrium endobioticum; insights into theevolution and recent history of an obligate biotrophic plant pathogen
- Simulating the impacts of climate change on soybean cyst nematode and the distribution of soybean
- Pine shoot beetle, Tomicus piniperda (Linnaeus): analysis of regulatory options for Canada
- Negative impact of white fringetree, Chionanthus virginicus, on biocontrol of emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
- Phytomyza gymnostoma established in North America
- First record of Xylotrechus chinensis (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) in Greece and in the EPPO region
Edition 24, September 2018
- New hosts of the phytoplasma ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’, causal agent of apple proliferation disease
- Preventing the introduction of invasive pathogens through plant health biosecurity measures
- Xanthomonas prunicola, a new species causing bacterial canker of nectarine in Spain
- Non-native shield bug arrives in Canada
- Development of a modelling tool to assess the risk of pest transfer from European plant imports to domestic production
- First record of the string cottony scale Takahashia japonica in Europe and its establishment in Northern Italy
- First records of Cyclorhipidion fukiense (Eggers) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini), an ambrosia beetle native to Asia, in North America
- Five year observations of the impact of Sirex noctilio in Ontario Pine Forests
- Sentinel plants find the unknown unknowns in horticulture imports
- Advancements in the complexity of the genus Agrilus
- A citizen science approach to prioritizing invasive ornamental plants
- The invasive potential of Eurasian haskap (Lonicera caerulea L.)
Edition 23, June 2018
- First report of Pseudomonas syringae actinidiae on kiwifruit pollen from Argentina
- Predicted impact of climate change on pest status of Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis in the United Kingdom
- Probability of emerald ash borer impact for Canadian cities and North America
- Cold hardiness of Lymantria monacha and dispar (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) eggs to extreme winter temperatures: implications for predicting climate change impacts
- First report of the East Asian metallic wood-boring beetle Agrilus smaragdifrons Ganglbauer in North America
- A risk categorisation and analysis of the geographic and temporal dynamics of the European import of plants for planting
Edition 22, March 2018
- A new root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne luci, infects multiple hosts in Europe and South America
- Re-classification of Clavibacter michiganensis subspecies on the basis of whole-genome and multi-locus sequence analyses
- First report of Xylella fastidiosa infecting cherry (Prunus avium) and Polygala myrtifolia plants in Spain
- Taxonomic revision of the bacterial wilt pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum
- First report of Phytophthora ramorum on Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi) in France
- Spotted lanternfly in Delaware
- Future winter mortality of hemlock woolly adelgid
- The development of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) under different temperatures
- Description of an establishment event by the invasive Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) in a suburban landscape in the northeastern United States
- Performance of the tree-killing bark beetles Ips typographus and Pityogenes chalcographus in non-indigenous lodgepole pine and their historical host Norway spruce
- Climatic niche shifts are common in introduced plants
- Mislabelling of invasive plants may contribute to their spread
- Generation of a DNA barcode reference library for the vascular plants of Canada