PLANT PATHOLOGY

Emergence of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus in Italy: estimation of incidence and genetic diversity

Melatonin treatments reduce the pathogenicity and inhibit the growth of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola

Seed degeneration of banana planting materials: strategies for improved farmer access to healthy seed

The Brachypodium distachyon UGT Bradi5gUGT03300 confers type II fusarium head blight resistance in wheat

Cryptic species and population genetic structure of Plasmopara viticola in São Paulo State, Brazil

Phytophthora oleae, a new root pathogen of wild olives

Conventional and novel approaches for managing “flavescence dorée” in grapevine: knowledge gaps and future prospects

Multilocus sequence typing reveals the presence of three distinct flavescence dorée phytoplasma genetic clusters in Croatian vineyards

Temperature‐sensitive wheat stem rust resistance gene Sr15 is effective against Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici race TTKSK

Defence responses in flag leaves and spikes of common wheat Triticum aestivum cultivars with contrasting levels of basal resistance to blast caused by Pyricularia oryzae

Induced cell death in Ceratocystis fimbriata by pro‐apoptotic activity of a natural organic compound, perillaldehyde, through Ca2+ overload and accumulation of reactive oxygen species

MgO‐induced defence against bacterial wilt disease in Arabidopsis thaliana

Post‐translational modifications in effectors and plant proteins involved in host–pathogen conflicts

Identification of Brassica accessions resistant to ‘old’ and ‘new’ pathotypes of Plasmodiophora brassicae from Canada

Multiplex real-time PCR assays for the detection and identification of Heterobasidion species attacking conifers in Europe

High vegetative compatibility diversity of Cryphonectria parasitica infecting sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) in Britain indicates multiple pathogen introductions

Diversity of populations of Phytophthora infestans in relation to patterns of potato crop management in Latvia and Lithuania

Genetic diversity of the pine pathogen Lecanosticta acicola in Slovenia and Croatia

Genetic variation of Pyrenophora teres f. teres isolates in Western Australia and emergence of a Cyp51A fungicide resistance mutation

Development of an in vitro protocol to screen Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis pathogenicity in different Solanum species

Genetic diversity and molecular epidemiology of the T strain of Plum pox virus

A novel putative member of the family Benyviridae is associated with soilborne wheat mosaic disease in Brazil

Selection and mutation of the avirulence gene AVR‐Pii of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

Effect of temperature on infection and development of powdery mildew on cucumber

Genetic diversity and aggressiveness of Calonectria pteridis in Eucalyptus spp.

Life at the edge – the cytology and physiology of the biotroph to necrotroph transition in Hymenoscyphus fraxineus during lesion formation in ash

Distribution and phylodynamics of papaya ringspot virus on Carica papaya in Cuba

Hormetic UV‐C seed treatments for the control of tomato diseases

Comparative analysis of genetic structures and aggressiveness of Fusarium pseudograminearum populations from two surveys undertaken in 2008 and 2015 at two sites in the wheat belt of Western Australia

Manipulating the ecosystem enables management of soilborne pathogen complexes in annual legume forage systems

Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae from cool climate Australian grapevine vineyards: new phylogroup PG02f associated with bacterial inflorescence rot

Genetic diversity and virulence of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris isolates from Brassica napus and six Brassica oleracea crops in Serbia

Genetic variability of Pseudocercospora fijiensis, the black Sigatoka pathogen of banana (Musa spp.) in Mexico

Environmental and irrigation conditions can mask the effect of Magnaporthiopsis maydis on growth and productivity of maize

Lack of synergistic effects in tomato plants co‐infected with tomato severe rugose virus and tomato chlorosis virus

Genome‐wide association analysis of resistance to wheat spindle streak mosaic virus in bread wheat

Temporal changes in the population structure of Dothistroma septosporum at the site of the first recorded outbreak in Poland

Physiological and population genetic analysis of Botrytis field isolates from vineyards in Castilla y León, Spain

Genetic structure of a Pyrenophora teres f. teres population over time in an Australian barley field as revealed by Diversity Arrays Technology markers

Fitness cost but no selection for virulence in Meloidogyne incognita after two consecutive crops of eggplant grafted onto Solanum torvum

Evaluation of virulence and pathogenicity of Alternaria patula on French marigold (Tagetes patula)

Phylogenetic relationships and virulence assays of Fusarium secorum from sugar beet suggest a new look at species designations

A study of viral coat protein accumulation in lily chloroplasts from mixed virus infections of Lily mottle virus and Cucumber mosaic virus

Evaluating diverse systems of tobacco genetic resistance to Phytophthora nicotianae in Yunnan, China

Characteristics and distribution of Colletotrichum species in coffee plantations in Hainan, China

Efficiency of insect-proof net tunnels in reducing virus-related seed degeneration in sweet potato

Phytophthora urerae sp. nov., a new clade 1c relative of the Irish famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans from South America