Two divergent isolates of turnip yellows virus (TuYV) were identified in pea and rapeseed. The nearly complete genome sequences of the virus isolates share 93.3% nucleotide identity with each other and 89.7% and 92.9% with their closest isolate from South Africa.
A sporulating Aspergillus is described from a piece of Eocene amber originating from the Dominican Republic. The Aspergillus most closely resembles a form of the white spored phase of Aspergillus janus Raper and Thom. This is the first report of a fossil species of Aspergillus.