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Aonidiella aurantii have been newly recorded in olive trees in Brazil ©  M.A. van den Berg

Aonidiella aurantii have been newly recorded in olive trees in Brazil © M.A. van den Berg

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 identification of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus infecting common bean in Japan, Diaspididae scale insects in olive trees in Brazil and the first report of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum‘ on carrot in Africa.

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

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