g(5 BUREAU OP ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE [Apr.-June- 
B. E. P. Q. 422, Supplement No. 4. 
PLANT-QUARANTINE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS, KINGDOM OF RUMANIA 
June 22, 1939. 
Insect Pests and Plant Diseases Declared Injurious 
(Publication No. 5, Rumanian Plant Protection Service, March 1938) 
As prescribed by article 14 of the general regulations of October 4, 1934 
(B. E. P. Q. 422, p. 6) the following insect pests and plant diseases are declared 
injurious to Rumanian crops and plant protective measures have been taken 
against them in accordance with the provisions of article 76 of the law on the 
organization and encouragement of agriculture of March 1937. and the report 
of the Ministerial Council, No. 785. of March 3, 1938 : 
Insect pests: 
Aonidiella perniciosa Berl. = Aspidiotus perniciosus Comst., San Jose scale. 
Aulacaspis pentagona (Targ. ) Newst., white peach scale. 
Ceratitis capitata (Wied.). Mediterranean fruitfly. 
Conotrachelus nenuphar (Host.), plum curculio. 
(Cydia) Grapholitha molesta (Busck), oriental fruit moth. 
Dreyfusia rmsslini Ritz = Adelges niisslini (Boener). a gall louse. 
Dreyfusia piceae Ritz = Adelgfs piceae (Ratz.). a gall louse. 
Epitrix cucumeris (Harr.), potato flea beetle. 
Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), Colorado potato beetle. 
{Platyedra) Pectinophora gossypiella (Saund.), pink bollworm. 
Plant diseases: 
Acanthostigma parasiticum (Hart.) Sacc. a needle disease of conifers. 
Ascochyta piniperda Lind., a disease of spruce, etc. 
Bacillus amylovorus. (Burr.) Trev., fire blight. =Eiioinki amylovora (Burr.) Com, 
S. A. B. 
Bacillus baccarinii Machiatti, associated with "mal nero" of the grapevine. 
Bacterium hold Kendr.. bacterial spot of Holcus. 
Bacterium hyacinthi Wakk., yellow disease. 
Bacterium (Pseudomotia*) malvacearum E. F. Sin., angular leaf spot of cotton. 
Bacterium mori Boy. and Lam. 
Bacterium (Pseudomonas) tumefaoiens E. P. Sm. and Towns. 
Bacterium vesicatorium Doidge, bacterial spot of tomato. 
Cenangium populneum (Pers.) Rehin., a canker disease of poplar, et al. 
Ceratostomella ulmi (Schw. ) Buis. Dutch elm disease. .. 
Cronarthim ribicola Fisch., white pine blister rust. 
Dasycypha willlcommii Hartig. European larch canker. 
Dibotryon morbosiim (Schw.) Thiess. and Syd. = Ploicrightia morbosa (Schw.) 
Sacc, black knot of plum and cherry. 
Elsinoe ampelina (deBy. ) Shear = Gloeosporium ampelinum (deBy.) Sacc, anthrac- 
nose of grape. 
Endothia parasitica (Murr. ) And. and And., chestnut blight. 
Q-nomonia erytlirostoma (Pers.) Auers., a cherry disease. 
Gnomonia veneta (Sacc. Speg.) Kleb.. anthracnose of sycamore. 
G-uignardia bidiceUii (Ell.) Viala and Ravaz, black rot. 
Gym no sporangium sabinae (Dick.) Wint.. a rust of Pyrus and Juniperus. 
Heterodera rohachtii Schmidt, sugar beet nematode. 
Leptosphaeria JierpotricJwides de Not., a foot rot of wheat, et al. 
Lophodermium pinastri (Schr.) Chev., needle cast of pine. 
Melanconis perniciosa Br. and Fa., and its imperfect stage Goryneum perniciosum 
Br. and Fa. were associated with "irk disease" of chestnut, but the disease 
is now known to be caused by Phytophthora cambivora (Petri) Buis. 
Melampsora populina (Pers.) Lev., a rust of poplars. 
Neocosmospora va^iufectum (Atk.) Smith = Fusarium vasinfectum Atk. 
NeopecMa coulteri (Peck.) Sacc, take-all. 
Olpidiaster radicis (Willd.) Pasch.. a root disease of flax, Brassica spp., etc. 
Ophiobolus graminis Sacc. take-all. 
Ophiobolus hcrpotrichus (Fries) Sacc, a foot-rot aisease of wheat. 
Peridermium pini (Willd.) Kleb., a rust of pine trunks and branches. 
Rhabdocline pseudotsugae Syd., needle cast. 
Rosellinia necatrix (Hart.) Berl., a root rot of the grapevine. 
Sclerotinia bulborum (Wakk.) Rehm., onion and hyacinth sclerctinia. 
Sclerotium tuliparum Kleb. =Rhizoctonia tuliparum (Kleb.) Whetzel and Arthur, 
gray bulb rot. 
Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Pers., potato wart. 
Urophlyct's alfalfae (Lagh.) Magn., crown waiL 
Urcphlyctis leproides (Trab.) Magn., a root-gall disease of b^et. 
Virus diseases: 
Crinkling of leaves of Soja. 
Mosaic of leaves of Soja. 
Streak disease of tomato. 
Lee A. Strong, 
Chief, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. 
