Scientific articles recently published by the Plant Health & Environment Laboratory

Abad, J.A, Bandla, M., French-Monar, R.D., Liefting, L.W. and Clover G.R.G. (2008). First report of the detection of 'Candidatus Liberibacter' species in zebra chip disease-infected potato plants in the United States. Plant Disease 93,108.

Alexander, B.J.R., Flynn, A.R., Gibbons, A.M., Clover, G.R.G. and Herrera, V.E. (2008). New Zealand perspective on ISO 17025 accreditation of a plant diagnostic laboratory. Bulletin OEPP / EPPO Bulletin 38, 172-177

Bell, N.L., Knight, K.W.L., Mercer, C.F., Shah, F., Sturhan, D., Aalders, L.T., Yeates, G.W., Watson, R.N., Marshall, J.W. and Page, G.D. (2006). Occurrence and distribution of Meloidogyne spp. in New Zealand. Journal of Nematology 38, 261.

Braithwaite, M., Hill, C. F., Ganev, S., Pay, J. M., Ho, W. H., Thangavel, R., and Alexander, B. J. R. 2008. Fungi, chromists, bacteria, and nematodes intercepted in New Zealand during 2003-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 90, S2-98.

Braithwaite, M., Hill, C.F., Ganev, S., Pay, J.M., Pearson, H.G. and Alexander, B.J.R. (2006). A survey of sub-tropical nursery plants for fungal diseases in Northland. New Zealand Plant Protection 59, 132-136.

Braithwaite, M., Inglis, C., Dick, M.A., Ramsfield, T.D., Waipara, N.W., Beever, R.E., Pay, J.M. and Hill, C.F. (2007). Investigation of oak tree decline in the Auckland region. New Zealand Plant Protection 60, 297-303.

Braithwaite, M., Leite, R.P., Smith, J.J., Boa, E. and Saddler, G.S. (2002). First report of citrus canker caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri on Citrus sinensis in Bolivia. Plant Pathology 51, 383.

Braun, U. and Hill, C.F. (2008). New species and new records of foliicolous hyphomycetes from New Zealand. Australasian Mycologist 27, 45-56.

Braun, U. and Hill, C.F. (2004). Some new cercosporoid and related leaf spot diseases from New Zealand and Fiji. Australasian Plant Pathology 33, 485-494.

Braun, U., Hill, C.F. and Dick, M. (2003). New cercosporoid leaf spot diseases from New Zealand. Australasian Plant Pathology 32, 87-97.

Braun, U., Hill, C.F. and Schubert, K. (2006). New species and new records of biotrophic micromycetes from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Thailand. Fungal Diversity 22, 13-35.

Cambra, M., Capote, N., Olmos, A., Bertolini, E., Gorris, M.T., Africander, N.L., Levy, L., Lenardon, S.L., Clover, G. and Wright, D. (2006). Proposal for a new international protocol for detection and identification of Plum pox virus. Validation of the techniques. Acta Horticulturae 781,181-191.

Card, S.D., Pearson, M.N. and Clover, G.R.G. (2007). Plant pathogens transmitted by pollen. Australasian Plant Pathology 36, 455–461.

Chowdhury, P.R., Pay, J.M. and Braithwaite, M. (2007). Isolation, identification and ecology of Ewingella americana (the causal agent of internal stipe necrosis) from cultivated mushrooms in New Zealand. Australasian Plant Pathology 36, 424–428.

Clover, G.R.G., Elliott, D.R., Tang, Z. and Alexander, B.J.R. (2001). Occurrence of Beet pseudo-yellows virus in cucumber in New Zealand. Plant Pathology 51, 389.

Clover, G.R.G., Pearson, M.N., Elliott, D.R., Tang, Z., Smales, T.E. and Alexander, B.J.R. (2003). Amplification of badnavirus-like sequences from Yucca elephantipes. Australasian Plant Pathology 32, 563-564.

Clover, G.R.G., Pearson, M.N., Elliott, D.R., Tang, Z., Smales, T.E. and Alexander, B.J.R. (2003). Characterization of a strain of Apple stem grooving virus in Actinidia chinensis from China. Plant Pathology 52, 371-378.

Clover, G.R.G., Tang, Z., Smales, T.E. and Pearson, M.N. (2003). Taxonomy of Wisteria vein mosaic virus and extensions to its host range and geographical distribution. Plant Pathology 52, 92-96.

Cromey, M.G., Braithwaite, M., Alexander, B.J.R., Ganev, S. and Cookson, T.R. (2000). Control of speckled leaf blotch of wheat with fungicides. New Zealand Plant Protection 53, 103-106.

Crous, P.W., Groenewald, J.Z. and Hill, C.F. (2002). Cylindrocladium pseudonaviculatum sp. nov. from New Zealand, and new Cylindrocladium records from Vietnam. Sydowia 54, 23-34.

Derraik, J.G.B., Tompkins, D.M., Alley, M.R., Holder, P. and Atkinson-Renton, T. (2008). Epidemiology of an avian malaria outbreak in a native bird species (Mohoua ochrocephala) in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 38, 237 - 242.

Dugdale, J.S., Gleeson, D., Clunie, L.H. and Holder, P.W. (2008). A diagnostic guide to Tortricidae encountered in field surveys and quarantine inspections in New Zealand: morphological and molecular characters. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Publication, MAF Information Bureau. 163 pages. ISBN 0-478-07953-2

Elliott, D.R., Alexander, B.J.R., Smales, T.E., Tang, Z. and Clover, G.R.G. (2001). First report of Potato spindle tuber viroid in tomato in New Zealand. Plant Disease 85, 1027.

Elliott, D.R., Lebas, B.S.M., Ochoa-Corona, F.M., Tang, Z. and Alexander, B.J.R. (2009). Investigation of Impatiens necrotic spot virus outbreaks in New Zealand. Australasian Plant Pathology (in press).

Eyles, A.C., Marais, T. and George, S. (2008). First New Zealand record of the genus Macrolophus Fieber, 1858 (Hemiptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae: Dicyphini): Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur, 1839), a beneficial predacious insect. Zootaxa 1779, 33-37.

Fletcher, J.D., Lister, R.A., Clover, G.R.G., Horner, M.B., Thomas, J.E., van der Vlugt R.A.A. and MacDiarmid, R.M. (2009). Development of a New Zealand database of plant virus and virus-like organisms. Australasian Plant Pathology (in press).

Flynn, A.R., Teulon, D.A.J. and Stufkens, M.A.W. (2003). Distribution and flight activity of the Monterey pine aphid in New Zealand. New Zealand Plant Protection 56, 5-9.

Ganev, S. and Braithwaite, M. (2003). Resource requirements for national active surveillance programmes of high impact pests in New Zealand. New Zealand Plant Protection 56, 33-38.

Gleeson, D., Holder, P.W., Newcomb, R., Howitt, R. and Dugdale, J. (2000). Molecular phylogenetics of leafrollers: application to DNA diagnostics. New Zealand Plant Protection 53, 157-162.

Green, O.R. and Gunawardana, D. (2006). Establishment and spread of another exotic ant Pheidole proxima Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Zealand. The Weta 32, 16–17.

Green, O. R. and Pont, A.C. (2003). A new record, Pygophora apicalis Schiner (Diptera: Muscidae: Coenosiini), established in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 26, 101–104.

Green, O.R. and Ramsay, G. W. (2003). A winged weta, Pterapotrechus (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae), established in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 26, 75–77.

Gunawardana, D. (2005). Monomorium fieldi Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is the current name to use for ants previously known as Monomorium antipodum Forel and Monomorium orientale Mayr in New Zealand. The Weta 30, 14-15.

Gunawardana, D. and Sarnat, E. (2007). Pacific Invasive Ants Taxonomy – Workshop Manual (3931 KB). Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, Auckland. 33 pp.

Hill, C.F. (2004). First report of Phytophthora multivesiculata on cymbidium orchids in New Zealand. Australasian Plant Pathology 33, 603-604.

Ho, W. H., Anderson, S., Guerin-Laguette, A., Hesom-Williams, N., Wang, Y., Braithwaite, M., Hill, C. F., and Alexander, B. J. R. 2008. Tuber brumale, a new truffle in New Zealand. Journal of Plant Pathology 90, S2-101.

Jones, D., Farreyrol, K., Clover, G.R.G. and Pearson, M.N. (2008). Development of a generic PCR detection method for tobraviruses. Australasian Plant Pathology 37, 132-136.

Kean, J.M. and Kumarasinghe, L.B. (2007). Predicting the seasonal phenology of fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea) in New Zealand. New Zealand Plant Protection 60, 279-285.

Knight, K.W.L. (2001). Plant parasitic nematodes associated with six subtropical crops in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 29, 267-275.

Knight, K.W.L., Hill, C.F. and Sturhan, D. (2002). Further records of Aphelenchoides fragariae and A. ritzemabosi (Nematoda: Aphelenchida) from New Zealand. Australasian Plant Pathology 31, 93-94.

Langford, G., Stanley, J., Andersen, M.T. and Braithwaite, M. (2003). Boysenberry decline: identification and control of a serious disease of boysenberries. New Zealand Plant Protection 56, 103-105.

Lebas, B.S.M., Clover, G.R.G., Ochoa-Corona, F.M., Elliott, D.R., Tang Z. and Alexander, B.J.R. (2005). Distribution of Potato spindle tuber viroid in New Zealand glasshouse crops of capsicum and tomato. Australian Plant Pathology 34, 129-133.

Lebas, B.S.M., Elliott, D.R., Ochoa-Corona, van den Brink, R., Tang, Z. and Alexander, B.J.R. (2004). Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus infection induces plum pox virus-like symptoms on plum in New Zealand. Acta Horticulturae 657, 121-125.

Lebas, B.S.M. and Ochoa-Corona, F.M. (2008). Impatiens necrotic spot virus. In: Characterization, diagnosis and management of plant viruses. Vol 4.: Grain crops and Ornamentals. Rao, G.R., Bragard, C. and Lebas, B.S.M. (eds.), Stadium Press LLC, USA, pp. 221-243.

Lebas, B.S.M., Ochoa-Corona, F.M., Elliott, D.R., Double, B., Smales, T.E. and Wilson, J. (2007). Control and monitoring: quarantine situation of Plum pox virus in New Zealand. OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 36, 296-301.

Lebas, B.S.M., Ochoa-Corona, F.M., Elliott, D.R., Tang, Z. and Alexander, B.J.R. (2005). Development of an RT-PCR for High plains virus indexing scheme in New Zealand post-entry quarantine. Plant Disease 89, 1103-1108.

Lebas, B.S.M., Ochoa-Corona, F.M., Elliott, D.R., Tang, Z. and Alexander, B.J.R. (2005). Partial characterization of a carla-like virus infecting yam (Dioscorea species) from China. Plant Disease 89, 912.

Lebas, B.S.M., Ochoa-Corona, F.M., Elliott, D.R., Tang, Z. and Alexander, B.J.R. (2007). Detection of Poinsettia mosaic virus by RT-PCR in Euphorbia spp. in New Zealand. Plant Disease 91, 110.

Lebas, B.S.M., Ochoa-Corona, F.M., Elliott, D.R., Tang, J., Blouin, A.G., Timudo, O.E., Ganev, S. and Alexander, B.J.R. (2008). Investigation of an outbreak of Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus in New Zealand. Australasian Plant Pathology 38, 85-90.

Lebas, B.S.M., Ochoa-Corona, F.M., Alexander, B.J.R., Lister, R.A., Fletcher, J.D., Bithell, S.L. and Burnip, G.M. (2009). First report of Wheat streak mosaic virus on wheat in New Zealand. Plant Disease 93, 430.

Lebas, B.S.M., Ochoa-Corona, F.M., Tang, Z., Thangavel, R., Elliott, D.R. and Alexander, B.J.R. (2007). First report of Spinach latent virus in tomato in New Zealand. Plant Disease 91, 228.

Liefting, L.W., Beever, R.E., Andersen, M.T. and Clover, G.R.G. (2007). Phytoplasma diseases in New Zealand. Bulletin of Insectology 60, 165-166.

Liefting, L.W., Perez-Egusquiza, Z.C., Clover G.R.G. and Anderson, J.A.D. (2008). A new ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ species in Solanum tuberosum in New Zealand. Plant Disease 92, 1474.

Liefting, L.W., Sutherland, P.W., Ward, L.I., Paice, K.L., Weir, B.S. and Clover, G.R.G. (2009). A new ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ species associated with diseases of solanaceous crops. Plant Disease 93,208-214.

Liefting, L.W., Veerakone, S., Ward, L.I. and Clover G.R.G. (2009). First report of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense' in potato. Plant Disease (in press).

Liefting, L.W., Ward, L.I., Shiller, J.B. and Clover G.R.G. (2009). A new ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ species in Solanum betaceum (tamarillo) and Physalis peruviana (cape gooseberry) in New Zealand. Plant Disease 92, 1588.

Liefting, L.W., Weir, B.S., Pennycook, S.R. and Clover, G.R.G. (2009). ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’, a liberibacter associated with plants in the family Solanaceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (in press).

Ochoa Corona, F.M., Lebas, B.S.M., Elliott, D.R., Tang, J. and Alexander, B.J.R. (2007). New host records and new host family range for Turnip mosaic virus in New Zealand. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2, 127–130.

Pearson, H.G. and Bennett, S.J. (2008). Australian subterranean termites (Coptotermes acinaciformis) in New Zealand. In: Surveillance for Biosecurity: Pre-border to pest management. Froud, K.J., Popay, A.I. and Zydenbos, S.M. (eds.), The New Zealand Plant Protection Society, New Zealand, pp. 167-174.

Pearson M.N., Clover, G.R.G., Guy, P.L., Fletcher J.D. and Beever, R.E. (2006). A review of the plant virus, viroid and mollicute records for New Zealand. Australasian Plant Pathology 35, 217-252.

Pearson, M.N., Cohen, D., Cowell, S.J., Jones, D., Blouin, A., Lebas, B.S.M., Shiller, J.B. and Clover, G.R.G. (2009). A survey of viruses of flower bulbs in New Zealand. Australasian Plant Pathology 38, 305–309.

Perez-Egusquiza, Z., Ward, L.I., Clover, G.R.G., and Fletcher, J.D. (2009). Detection of Sweet potato virus 2 in sweet potato in New Zealand. Plant Disease 93, 427.

Perez-Egusquiza, Z., Ward, L.I., Clover, G.R.G., Fletcher, J.D. and van der Vlugt, R.A.A. (2008). First report of Shallot virus X in shallot in New Zealand. Plant Pathology 52, 407.

Schubert, K., Groenewald, J.Z., Braun, U., Starink, M., Hill, C.F., de Hoog, G.S. and Crous, P.W. (2007). Biodiversity in the Cladosporium herbarum complex (Davidiellaceae, Capnodiales) with standardisation of methods for Cladosporium taxonomy and diagnostics. Studies in Mycology 58, 105-156.

Secor, G.A., Rivera, V.V., Abad, J.A., Clover, G.R.G., Liefting, L.W., Li, X. and De Boer, S.H. (2009). Association of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ sp. with the zebra chip disease of potato established by grafting, psyllid transmission, electron microscopy and PCR. Plant Disease 93, 574-583.

Stephens, A.E.A., Suckling, D.M., Burnip, G.M., Richmond, J. and Flynn, A. (2007). Field records of painted apple moth (Teia anartoides Walker: Lepidoptera : Lymantriidae) on plants and inanimate objects in Auckland, New Zealand. Australian Journal of Entomology 46, 152-159.

Suckling, D.M., Jang, E.B., Holder, P., Carvalho, L. and Stephens, A.E.A. (2008). Evaluation of lure dispensers for fruit fly surveillance in New Zealand. Pest Management Science 64, 848-856.

Tang, Z., Alexander, B.J.R. and Clover, G.R.G. (2007). First report of Apium virus Y in celery in New Zealand. Plant Disease 91, 1682.

Tang, J., Clover, G.R.G., Alexander, B.J.R. and Quinn, B.D. (2008). First report of Passiflora latent virus in banana passionfruit (Passiflora tarminiana) in New Zealand. Plant Disease 99, 486.

Tang, J., Elliott, D.R., Quinn, B.D., Clover, G.R.G. and Alexander, B.J.R. (2008). Occurrence of Hibiscus chlorotic ringspot virus in Hibiscus spp. in New Zealand. Plant Disease 92, 1367.

Tang, J., Quinn, B.D. and Clover G.R.G. (2008). First report of Carrot red leaf virus-associated RNA co-infecting carrot with Carrot red leaf virus and Carrot mottle mimic virus to cause carrot motley dwarf disease in New Zealand. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4, 15-16.

Timmerman-Vaughan, G.M., Pither-Joyce, M. and Clover, G.R.G. (2005). A positive-control PCR assay based on chloroplast ndhB sequences and applicable to nucleic acid extractions from diverse plant taxa. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 23, 1-14.

Ward, L.I., Delmiglio, C., Hill, C.F. and Clover, G.R.G. (2009). First report of Tobacco ringspot virus on Sophora microphylla, a native tree of New Zealand. Plant Pathology (in press).

Ward, L.I., Perez-Egusquiza, Z., Fletcher, J. D. and Clover, G.R.G. (2009). A survey of viral diseases of Allium crops in New Zealand. Australasian Plant Pathology (in press).

Ward, L.I., Perez-Egusquiza, Z., Fletcher, J.D., Ochoa-Corona, F.M., Tang, J.Z., Liefting, L.W., Martin, E.J., Quinn, B.D., Pappu, H.R. and Clover, G.R.G. (2008). First report of Iris yellow spot virus on Allium cepa in New Zealand. Plant Pathology 52, 406.

Ward, L.I., Quinn, B.D., Tang, J.Z., Wei, T. and Clover, G.R.G. (2008). Strawberry mottle virus detected on strawberry in New Zealand. Plant Pathology 57, 1172.

Ward, L.I., Tang, J.Z. and Clover, G.R.G. (2008). First report of Wisteria vein mosaic virus on Wisteria sinensis in New Zealand. Plant Disease 92, 1134.

Ward, L.I., Tang, J.Z., Quinn, B.D., Martin, J. and Clover, G.R.G. (2008). First report of Tulip virus X on Tulipa sp. in New Zealand. Plant Pathology 57, 1172.

Ward, L.I., Veerakone, S. and Clover, G.R.G. (2009). First report of Narcissus degeneration virus, Narcissus late season yellows and Narcissus symptomless virus on Narcissus in New Zealand. Plant Disease (in press).

Wei, T. and Clover, G.R.G. (2008). Use of primers with 5΄ non-complementary sequences in RT-PCR for the detection of nepovirus subgroups A and B. Journal of Virological Methods 153, 16-21.

Wei, T., Lu, G. and Clover, G.R.G. (2008). Novel approaches to mitigate primer interaction and eliminate inhibitors in multiplex PCR, demonstrated using an assay for detection of three strawberry viruses. Journal of Virological Methods 151, 132-139.

Wei, T., Lu, G. and Clover, G.R.G. (2008). Development of a multiplex RT-PCR for the detection of Potato yellow vein virus, Tobacco rattle virus and Tomato infectious chlorosis virus in potato with a plant internal amplification control. Plant Pathology 58, 203-209.

Wei, T., Pearson, M.N., Cohen, D., Tang, J.Z. and Clover, G.R.G. (2008). First report of Zantedeschia mosaic virus infecting a Zantedeschia sp. in New Zealand. Plant Disease 92, 1253.

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