Infection of the flag leaf was at moderate to high levels in southeast Kansas. Other reports indicate flag leaf infection. Powdery mildew diseases were reported on such plants as wheat, begonia, Euonymus, rose, and spirea. Infection was moderate to heavy.
Greenhouses continue to be plagued by tomato spotted wilt viral complex.
Thrips, the vector, has increased and the result has been an increase with incidence of virus. Garden Impatiens were infected after thrips populations increased and vectored the virus through several houses. Previously unreported sites were located in Douglas, Pottawatomie, and Reno counties. Powdery mildew was at moderate levels in several nursery hosts. Begonia, Euonymus, spirea, and rose had reports of problems with the several different mildews which can affect plants.