As well as testing for pests and diseases, the Plant Health and Environment Laboratory researches pest and disease diagnosis and surveillance. Browse lists of our testing manuals and scientific publications, and find editions of our regular newsletters.
January to December 2019 [PDF, 761 KB]
Bettoni JC, Mathew L, Pathirana R, Wiedow C, Hunter DA, McLachlan A, Khan S, Tang J, Nadarajan J (2022). Eradication of Potato Virus S, Potato Virus A, and Potato Virus M From Infected in vitro-Grown Potato Shoots Using in vitro Therapies. Frontiers in Plant Science 19(13), 878733.
Crous PW et al. [including Thangavel R] (2022). New and interesting fungi 5. Fungal Systematics and Evolution, 10: 19-90. https://doi.org/10.3114/fuse.2022.10.02
Dharmaraj K, Andersen MT, Alexander BJ, Toome-Heller M (2022). A new TaqMan real-time PCR assay for detecting the blueberry pathogen Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi. Plant Disease 106, 1826–1831.
Dharmaraj K, Merrall AM, Pattemore JA, Mackie J, Alexander BJR, Toome-Heller M (2022). A new real-time PCR assay for detecting fungi in genus Ceratocystis. Plant Disease 106, 661–668.
Fan QH, Faraji F (2022). Mites of the genus Oulenziella Fan and Zhang (Acari: Winterschmidtiidae), with description of a new species from Kenya. Acarologia 62, 148–160.
Fuchs M, Hily JM, Petrzik K, Sanfaçon H, Thompson JR, van der Vlugt R, Wetzel T & ICTV Report Consortium (2022). ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Secoviridae 2022. Journal of General Virology, 103(12):001807.
Gemmell MR, Shepherd LD, Zuccarello GC, Perrie LR (2022). Phylogeography of the widespread New Zealand tree lancewood/horoeka (Pseudopanax crassifolius; Araliaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany . DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2022.2037670
Guy PL, Delmiglio C, Pearson MN (2022). Virus invasions of the New Zealand flora. Biological Invasions, 1–11. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-022-02763-0
Hiszczynska-Sawicka E, Li D & Armstrong KF (2022). Universal mitochondrial multi-locus sequence analysis (mtMLSA) to characterise populations of unanticipated plant pest biosecurity detections. Biology (Basel), 11: 654. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11050654
Leblanc Z, Gauthier M-E, Lelwala R, Elliott C, Cassie M, Eichner R, Davis K, Liefting L, Thompson JR, Dinsdale A, Whattam M, Pattemore J, Barrero RA (2022). Complete genome sequence of a novel potyvirus infecting the silver grass Miscanthus sinensis. Archives of Virology, 167(80), 1701–1705.
Lee HW, Ho WH, Alexander BJ, Baskarathevan J (2022). A rapid qPCR for the detection of Verticillium nonalfalfae MLST2 – a highly pathogenic fungus on kiwifruit. Plant Disease. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-08-21-1819-RE.
Li D & Fan QH (2022) Real-time PCR assay for Tetranychus evansi and multiplex with three other Tetranychus species. Zoosymposia, 22, 235.
Liggins L et al. [including Gemmell MR] (2022). The future of molecular ecology in Aotearoa New Zealand: an early career perspective. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 52(sup1):92-115
Parvizi K, Dhami MK, Yan J & McGaughran A (2022). Population genomic insights into invasion success in the polyphagous agricultural pest, Halyomorpha halys. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16740
Pathan AK, Voice DG, Drew RA & Saville DJ (2022). Development and testing of insecticide bait formulations for enhanced bioefficacy against Queensland fruit fly, International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences, 8: 178-184. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijaas.20220804.16
Tang J, Delmiglio C, Ward L, Thompson J (2022). Complete nucleotide sequence of sweetbriar rose curly-top associated virus, a tentative member of the genus Waikavirus. Archives of Virology. DOI: 10.1007/s00705-021-05337-y
Tang J, Lilly S, Veerakone S, Kanchiraopally D, Kelly M, Delmiglio C, Thompson JR (2022). First report of Grapevine Algerian latent virus in carnation in New Zealand. Plant Disease, doi: 10.1094/PDIS-03-22-0597-PDN
Thomas A, Li D, Gunawardana D, Flynn A (2022). A Real‐time PCR assay for rapid identification of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from closely related species. Journal of Applied Entomology 146, 217–228.
Thompson JR (2022). Analysis of the genome of grapevine red blotch virus and related grabloviruses indicates diversification prior to the arrival of Vitis vinifera to North America. Journal of General Virology, 103. https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001789 . PMID: 36205485.
Toome-Heller M, Braithwaite M, Alexander BJR (2022). First report of Puccinia porri in New Zealand. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 17, 14.
Umina PA et al. [including Mackisack J] (2022). Spirotetramat resistance in Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and its association with the presence of the A2666V mutation. Pest Management Science, 78: 4822-4831. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7103 . PMID: 35900771.
Voice DG, MacLellan R, Russell A, Goulden D, Lawrie I, Baker G, Teulon DAJ, Kean JM (2022). The eradication of pea weevil Bruchus pisorum (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from New Zealand. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 3, 31.
Waite DW, Liefting L, Delmiglio C, Chernyavtseva A, Ha HJ & Thompson JR (2022). Development and validation of a bioinformatic workflow for the rapid detection of viruses in biosecurity. Viruses, 14: 2163. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14102163
Warring SL et al. [including Rigano LA] (2022). A lipopolysaccharide-dependent phage infects a pseudomonad phytopathogen and can evolve to evade phage resistance. bioRxiv, https://doi.org10.1111/1462-2920.16106
Cao B et al. [including Toome-Heller M] (2021). Delimiting species in Basidiomycota: a review. Fungal Diversity 109, 181–237.
Crous PW, Cowan DA, Maggs-Kölling G, Yilmaz N, Thangavel R, Wingfield MJ, Noordeloos ME, Dima B, Brandrud TE, Jansen GM, Morozova OV (2021). Fungal planet description sheets 1182–1283. Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 46, 313–528.
Crous PW et al. [including Thangavel R] (2021). Fungal planet description sheets: 1284–1382 Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 47, 178–374.
Dharmaraj K, Alexander BJR, Toome-Heller M (2021). Development of a new real-time TaqMan PCR assay for the detection of the Prunus pathogen Monilinia kusanoi. Australasian Plant Pathology 50, 309–317.
Dobbie K, Baskarathevan J, Waters T, O'Neill R (2021). First report of Diplodia africana from Fraxinus excelsior in New Zealand. New Disease Reports 44, e12044.
Fan QH, Li D, Bennett S, Balan RK (2021). Diagnosis of a new to New Zealand spider mite, Tetranychus evansi Baker and Pritchard, 1960 (Acari: Tetranychidae). New Zealand Entomologist 44, 1–12.
Giesbers A et al. [including Delmiglio C] (2021). Validation of molecular tests for the detection of tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in seeds of tomato and pepper. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5776210
Hall RJ, Pragert H, Phiri BJ, Fan QH, Liu X, Parnell A, Stanislawek WL, McDonald CM, Ha HJ, McDonald W, Taylor M (2021). Apicultural practice and disease prevalence in Apis mellifera, New Zealand: a longitudinal study. Journal of Apicultural Research 60, 1–15.
Kumarasinghe LB (2021). Plant Health and Environment Laboratory annual report. Surveillance 48(3), 144–153.
Lee HW, Baskarathevan J, Ho WH, Alexander BJR (2021). Real-time PCR assays for the detection of the kiwifruit pathogen Verticillium nonalfalfae MLST2. New Zealand Plant Protection, 73, 21.
Liefting LW, Waite DW, Thompson JR (2021). Application of Oxford Nanopore technology to plant virus detection. Viruses 13, 1424.
MacLellan R, Anderson D, Melles S, Horrell D (2021). National brown marmorated stink bug surveillance programme annual report. Surveillance 48(3), 127–130.
MacLellan R, King K, McCarthy B, France S (2021). National fruit fly surveillance programme 2020–2021. Surveillance 48(3), 131–134.
Peacock L, Boyd B, George S, Hannah M, Sheeba E, Thornton D, Pigott C, Begg D (2021). Arbovirus surveillance programme annual report. Surveillance 48(3), 54–55.
Peacock L, Craddock P, McConnell N, Archer M, Gunawardana D (2021). National invasive ant surveillance programme annual report. Surveillance 48(3), 125–126.
Phiri BJ, Fan QH, Gonzalez M, Taylor B (2021). Combining beehive inspections to strengthen apiculture surveillance and American foulbrood management in New Zealand. Surveillance 48(2, 4–6.
Popa-Báez ÁD, Lee SF, Yeap HL, Westmore G, Crisp P, Li D, Catullo R, Cameron EC, Edwards OR, Taylor PW, Oakeshott JG (2021). Tracing the origins of recent Queensland fruit fly incursions into South Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. Biological Invasions 23, 1117–1130.
Rigano LA, Taylor RK, Toome-Heller M, Hofer KM, Ho WH, Alexander BJR (2021). High-throughput sequencing as a diagnostic tool for plant pathogenic bacteria in the Ministry for Primary Industries. New Zealand Plant Protection 73, 32.
Thangavel R, Pattemore JA, Rebijith KB, Grbavac N, Ganev S, Chan N, Pearson HG, Alexander BJR (2021). New record of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. passiflorae infecting passionfruit in New Zealand. Australasian Plant Pathology 50, 365–377.
Thompson JR (2021). Fundamental virology: same objectives, changing tools. Frontiers in Virology 1, 6.
Veerakone S, Liefting LW, Khan S, Pal C, Tang J, Ward LI (2021). Partial biological and molecular characterization of a novel citrivirus from Nandina domestica. Archives of Virology 166, 1395–1399.
Yan J, Vétek G, Pal C, Zhang J, Gmati R, Fan QH, Gunawardana DN, Burne A, Anderson D, Balan RK, George S, Farkas P, Li D (2021). ddRAD sequencing: an emerging technology added to the biosecurity toolbox for tracing the origin of brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). BMC Genomics 22, 1–15.
Zhang B, Ma M, Fan QH (2021). Morphological ontogeny of Neoseiulus zwoelferi (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Zootaxa 5086, 7–28.
Zhang ZQ, Schatz H, Pfingstl T, Goldschmidt T, Martin P, Pešić V, Ramírez M, Schmidt KH, Mironov S, Fan QH, Seeman O, Halliday B (2021). Discovering and documenting Acari: the first twenty years in Zootaxa. Zootaxa 4979, 115–130.
Zhao ZQ, Surrey M, Ho W, Marinov M, Bleach C, Rogan B, Alexander B (2021). First record of Bursaphelenchus hildegardae Braasch et al., 2006 (Nematoda) in New Zealand with updated information on morphology, sequencing and a key to species of the eggersi-group. Zootaxa 5071, 151–165.
Cane, R. P., Li, D., Turbitt, E., and Geoff, K. C. 2020. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of New Zealand mosquito species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 47: 324-349. https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2020.1770305
Davies, K. A., Bartholomaeus, F., Li, D., Zhao, Z. Q., Ye, W., and Giblin-Davis, R. M. 2020. Ficophagus (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from sycones of Ficus subgenus Urostigma, sections Malvanthera and Urostigma, in eastern Australia. Nematology 22: 627-653. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-00003327
Davies, K. A., Bartholomaeus, F., Li, D., Zhao, Z. Q., Ye, W., and Giblin-Davis, R. M. 2020. Schistonchus macrophylla (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae): an enigmatic taxon from sycones of Ficus section Malvanthera in eastern Australia, with description of a new subspecies. Nematology 22: 999-1013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-bja10007
Fan, Q. H., Dayal, S. S., Fong, H. M., Rakuita, P., and Ram, J. A. 2020. A contribution to the fauna of mites (Acari) in Fiji. Systematic & Applied Acarology 25: 1444–1460.
Higgins, D., Mukherjee, N., Pal, C., Sulaiman, I. M., Jiang, Y., Hanna, S., Dunn, J. R., Karmaus, W., and Banerjee, P. 2020. Association of virulence and antibiotic resistance in Salmonella—statistical and computational insights into a selected set of clinical isolates. Microorganisms 8: 1465.
Hofer, K.M., Braithwaite, M., Braithwaite, L.J., Sorensen, S., Siebert, B., Pather, V., Goudie, L., Williamson, L., Alexander, B. J. R. and Toome-Heller, M. 2020. First report of Colletotrichum fructicola, C. perseae, and C. siamense causing anthracnose disease of avocado (Persea americana) in New Zealand. Plant Disease Notes. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-20-1313-PDN .
Immanuel, T., Taylor, R. K., Keeling, S. A., Brosnahan, C., and Alexander, B. J. R. 2020. Discrimination between viable and dead Xanthomonas fragariae in strawberry using viability PCR. Journal of Phytopathology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jph.12900
Kiss, L. et al. (including Ho, W. H. as co-author). 2020. Australia: a continent without native powdery mildews? The first comprehensive checklist indicates recent introductions and multiple host range expansion events, and leads to the re-discovery of Salmonomyces as a new lineage of the Erysiphales. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 1571. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01571
Li, D., McCarthy, B., Gunawardana, D. N., Waite, D. W., Anderson, D., and George, S. 2020. Molecular identification of Bactrocera passiflorae (Diptera: Tephritidae): Challenge and solution for DNA barcoding. Journal of Applied Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12801
McTaggart, A., du Plessis, E., Roux, J., Barnes, I., Fraser, I., Granados, G., Ho, W., Shuey, L., and Drenth, A. 2020. Sexual reproduction in populations of Austropuccinia psidii. European Journal of Plant Pathology 156: 537–545.
Murugan, S., Anderson, D., Gunawardana, D., Gosai, R., Kumarasinghe, L., and Kumwenda, H. 2020. Experience in establishing a quality management system at a plant diagnostic laboratory in Fiji, Accreditation and Quality Assurance, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00769-020-01429-5
Podolyan, A., Blouin, A. G., Dhami, M. K., Veerakone, S., MacDiarmid, R. 2020. First report of Ageratum latent virus in veronica species in New Zealand. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 15: 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13314-020-00408-6
Põlme, S., Abarenkov, K., Nilsson, H. R. et al. (including Toome-Heller, M as co-author) 2020. Fungal Traits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles. Fungal Diversity 105: 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-020-00466-2
Popa-Báez, Á.-D., S. F. Lee, H. L. Yeap, G. Westmore, P. Crisp, D. Li, R. Catullo, E. C. Cameron, O. R. Edwards, P. W. Taylor and J. G. Oakeshott (2021). Tracing the origins of recent Queensland fruit fly incursions into South Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand." Biological Invasions 23(1): 1117–1130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02422-2
Tang, J., Ng, F., Kanchiraopally, D., and Ward, L. 2020. Development of TaqMan real-time RT-PCR for sensitive detection of diverse Raspberry ringspot virus isolates. Journal of Virological Methods 278: 113821. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166093419304136
Tang, J., Ward, L., and Delmiglio, C. 2020. Occurrence of Cycas necrotic stunt virus in Paeonia lactiflora in New Zealand. Plant Disease 104: 1567. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.1094/PDIS-10-19-2277-PDN
Toome-Heller, M., Ho, W., Ganley, R. J., Elliott, C. E. A., Quinn, B., Pearson, H. G., and Alexander, B. J. R. 2020. Chasing myrtle rust in New Zealand: host range and distribution over the first year after invasion. Australasian Plant Pathology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-020-00694-9
Vazquez‐Iglesias , I., Ochoa‐Corona , F. M., Tang , J., Robinson , R., Clover , G. R. G., Fox , A., and Boonham , N. 2020. Facing Rose rosette virus: A risk to European rose cultivation. Plant Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13255
Visnovsky, S. B., Panda, P., Everett, K.R., Lu, A., Butler, R. C., Taylor, R. K., and Pitman, A. R. 2020. A PCR diagnostic assay for rapid detection of plant pathogenic pseudomonads. Plant Pathology 69: 1311– 1330. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13204
You, M. et al. (including Q. H. Fan as co-author) 2020. Variation among 532 genomes unveils the origin and evolutionary history of a global insect herbivore. Nature Communications 11: 1–8.
Zhang, J., Zhong, Y., Tang, R., Balan, R. K., Li, F., Chen, G., and Zhang, F. 2020. Olfactory reception of host alarm pheromone component by the odorant-binding proteins in the samurai wasp, Trissolcus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae). Frontiers in Physiology 11: 1058.
Crous et al. (including R. Thangavel as co-author) 2019. Fungal Planet description sheets: 868–950. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 42: 291-473.
Crous, P. et al. (including R. Thangavel as co-author) 2019. Fungal Planet description sheets: 951–1041. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 43: 223-425.
Crous, P.W., Schumacher, R.K., Akulov, A., Thangavel, R., Hernández-Restrepo, M., Carnegie, A.J., Cheewangkoon, V., Wingfield, M. J., Summerell, B. A., Quaedvlieg, W., Coutinho, T. A., Roux, J., Wood, A.R., Giraldo, A., Groenewald, J.Z. 2019. New and Interesting Fungi. 2. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 3: 57–134.
du Plessis, E., Granados, G.M., Barnes, I., Ho, W.H., Alexander, B.J.R., Roux, J., & McTaggart, A.R. 2019. The pandemic strain of Austropuccinia psidii causes myrtle rust in New Zealand and Singapore. Australasian Plant Pathology 48: 253–256.
Fan, Q.H. & Heath P. 2019. An oribatid mite, Hydrozetes lemnae (Hydrozetidae) on farmed eels Anguilla australis and A. dieffenbachii (Anguillidae). Systematic & Applied Acarology 24(10): 1809–1813.
Ma, M. Fan, Q.H., Zhang, Z.Q. 2019. Amblyseiinae of New Zealand (Acari: Phytoseiidae): redescriptions, rediscoveries, new records, new combinations and keys to species. Zootaxa 4658 (2): 201–222.
Ho, W.H., Baskarathevan, J., Griffin, R.L., Quinn, B.D., Alexander, B.J.R., Havell, D., Ward, N.A., Pathan, A.K. 2019. First report of myrtle rust caused by Austropuccinia psidii on Metrosideros kermadecensis on Raoul Island and on M. excelsa in Kerikeri, New Zealand. Plant Disease 103: 2128.
Loos et al. (including J. Baskarathevan as co-author) 2019. Transferability of PCR-based diagnostic protocols: An international collaborative case study assessing protocols targeting the quarantine pine pathogen Fusarium circinatum. Scientific Reports 9: 8195.
Li, D., Waite, D.W., Gunawardana, D.N., McCarthy, B., Anderson, D., Flynn, A., George S. 2019. DNA barcoding and real-time PCR detection of Bactrocera xanthodes (Tephritidae: Diptera) complex. Bulletin of Entomological Research 109: 102-110.
Loiseau, M., Plaire, M.; Renaudin, I.; Taylor, R.; Fujikawa, T.; Griffin, R.; Mann, R; Renvoise, JP. 2019. Detecting Spiroplasma citri: a comparison of PCR methods to be used for quarantine diagnostics. European Journal of Plant Pathology 155: 71-80.
Marin-Felix et al. (including R. Thangavel as co-author) 2019. Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 3. Studies in Mycology 94: 1-124.
Rigano, L., Toome-Heller, M., Hofer, K., and Alexander, B.J.R. 2019. Draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas sp. strain ICMP22404, isolated from Solanum lycopersicum plants with pith necrosis symptoms. Microbiology Resource Announcements 22: 8(34).
Vandervoet, T.F., Bellamy, D.E., Anderson, D., & MacLellan, R. 2019. Trapping for early detection of the brown marmorated stink bug, (Halyomorpha halys), in New Zealand. New Zealand Plant Protection 72: 36-43.
Veerakone, S., Blouin, A.G., Barrero, R., Napier, K., MacDiarmid, R.M., Ward, L.I. 2019. First report of Grapevine geminivirus A in Vitis in New Zealand. Plant Disease 104(2): 600.
Xu, Y.M., Zhao, Z.Q., Alexander, B.J.R., & Li, D. 2019. Isolation of Litylenchus coprosma from Coprosma macrocarpa, a new host and distribution in New Zealand. Zootaxa 4555: 287-290.
Bennett, S., Flynn, A. (2018). Clarifying the pest status of some exotic termite species for New Zealand. Surveillance 45(2): 30-32.
Li, D., Waite, D.W., Fan, Q-H., George, S., Semeraro L., Blacket M.J., (2018). Molecular detection of small hive beetle aethina tumida murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae): DNA barcoding and development of a real-time PCR assay. Scientific reports 8: 9623.
Li, D., Waite, D.W., Gunawardana, D.N., McCarthy, B., Anderson, D., Flynn, A., George, S. (2018). DNA barcoding and real-time PCR detection of Bactrocera xanthodes (Tephritidae: Diptera) complex. Bulletin of Entomological Research 1-9.
Loreti, S., Cunty, A., Pucci, N., Chabirand, A., Stefani, E., Abelleira, A., Balestra, G.M., Gaffuri, F.R., Gottsberger, R., Holeva, M., Karahan, A., Taylor, R., Vanneste, J., Cruz, L., Lopez, M.M., Poliakoff, F. (2018). Performance of diagnostic tests for the detection and identification of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) from woody samples . European Journal of Plant Pathology. 1-20.
Murugan, S., Kumarasinghe, L. (2018). An operational risk assessment framework for a plant health diagnostic laboratory . Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 0 (0), 1–9.
Toome-Heller M, Baskarathevan J, Burnip G, Alexander B. J. R. (2018). First report of apple leaf blotch caused by Alternaria arborescens complex in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. Doi: 10.1080/01140671.2018.1427117.
Veerakone, S., Liefting, L. W., Tang, J., Ward, L. I. (2018). The complete nucleotide sequence and genome organisation of a novel Betaflexiviridae from Actinidia chinensis . Archives of Virology, 163(5): 1367-1370.
Veerakone, S., Tang, J., Zheng, A., Ward, L. I. (2018). First report of turnip yellows virus in Daphne odora in New Zealand . Plant Disease 102 (7): 1467.
Veerakone, S., Tang, J., Zheng, A., Ward L.I (2018). First report of clover yellow mosaic virus in PEQ Tulipa gesneriana plants imported from USA. Plant Disease 102 (2): 464.
Visnovsky, S. B., Lu, A., Panda, P., Taylor, R. K., Pitman, A.R. (2018). Draft genome sequences of 14 strains of Pseudomonas isolated from Prunus plants. Genome Announcements 6 (3): e01481-17.
Anuradha, S., Gunawardana, D. N., Li. D., Kumarasinghe, L. (2017). Multiplex real-time PCR assay for the detection of 3 invasive leafminer species: Liriomyza huidobrensis, L. sativae and L. trifolii (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Austral Entomology 56: 153-159. doi: 10.1111/aen.12237
Crous, P.W., Thangavel, Toome-Heller et al. 2017. Fungal Planet description sheets: 558–642. Persoonia 38: 240-384.
Gunawardana, D.N., Li,D., Masumoto, M., Mound, L.M., O'Donell, C.A., Skarlinsky, T. L. (2017). Resolving the confused identity of Frankliniella panamensis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Zootaxa 4323 (1) 125-131.
Hodge, S., Ward, D. F., Merfield, C. N., Liu, W. Y. Y., Gunawardana, D. (2017). Seasonal patterns of drosophilid flies and parasitoid wasps attracted to rotting fruit and vegetable baits in Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 40: 7-15.
Johnston, P. R., Park, D., Ho, W. W. H., Alexander, B. J. R. (2017). Genetic validation of historical plant pathology records – a case study based on the fungal genus Phoma from the ICMP culture collection. Plant Pathology DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12728.
Li, D. McCarthy, B. Anderson, D. Gunawardana, N.D. Thomas, A. Flynn A., George, S. (2017). The application of DNA barcoding for the identification of invertebrates in New Zealand. Genome 60 (11): 962.
Li, D., Xu, Y. M., Zhao, Z. Q. (2017). First report of Zeatylenchus pittosporum on Pittosporum crassifolium. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 12: 1-4.
Martin, N. & Marinov, M., (2017). Scale insects on Freycinettia: Variability in the appearance of some Diaspididae. The Weta 51: 58-67.
Mound, L.M., Gunawardana, D.N., Li, D. (2017). A new species of Stenchaetothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from bamboo, based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 4323 (2): 295 -300.
Ray, J. D., Taylor, R. K., Griffin, R. L., James, R. S., Dale, C., Ximines, A., Jones, L. M. (2017). Confirmation of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri causing citrus canker in Timor Leste. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 12: 44.
Tang, J., Khan, S., Quinn, B., Veerakone, S., Milleza, E., Ward L.I. (2017). First report of Spiranthes mosaic virus 3 in Phlox spp. in New Zealand. Plant Disease DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-11-16-1681-PDN
Taylor, R. K., Griffin, R., Jones, L. M., Rossel, J. B., Tsatsia, H., Davis, R. I. (2017). First record of cassava blight, caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis in the Solomon Islands. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 12: 49.
Xu, Y. M., Li, D., Ho, W. H., Alexander, B. J. R., Zhao, Z. Q., (2017). First report of Litylenchus coprosma on Coprosma robusta. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 12: 17.
Visnovsky, S. B., Panda, P., Taylor, R. K., Pitman, A. R. (2017). Draft genome sequences of 2 Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. actinidiae strains ICMP 19971 and ICMP 19972 isolated from kiwifruit plants in South Korea. Genome Announcements 5: e00104-17.
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