Many plant pathogens have their scientific names after being identified. Most of them have their Chinese names which being given or translated by Chinese scientists correctly. But, some of them were not correct or standard, or have the same Chinese names. Such as Apiosporium and Pyricularia;Colletogloeum and Myxosporium;Aureobasidium and Napicladium, etc. A few genus names have changed several times since new taxonomy system being published, for example, the pathogen of tomato bacterial wilt pathogen has 4 genus names, Bacterium, Pseudomonas, Burkholderia, and Ralstonia, the Ralstonia is valuable and updated. The term of MLO has been used not longer, and the "Candidatus Phytoplasma" is adopted now.
"The Latin-Chinese and Chinese-Latin Names of Plant Pathogens" is publishing, which is edited and contributed by seven professors engaged in education and plant protection in China. Main target of the book is(trying) to make unification when Chinese name of pathogen is used.