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Leaf miner trails are created by the feeding of the larvae © Jason Hollinger (CC BY)

Trails, created by the feeding of leaf miner larvae © Jason Hollinger (CC BY)

We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this fortnight include the first report of Cherry leaf roll virus in Darrow’s Blueberry (Vaccinium darrowii), the first report of fruit stem anthracnose of Kiwifruit caused by Glomerella septospora in China and a new genus and species of leaf miner for Chile associated to the native tree Lithraea caustica.

Click on the links to view the abstracts:

To view all search results for new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases, click here (>34,000 results)

If there’s another new record you’d like to highlight, please post a comment.

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  1. drbausman on 7th September 2013 at 2:45 PM

    Reblogged this on Dr. B. A. Usman's Blog.

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