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Coffee berry borer on a green coffee bean © Peggy Greb, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org

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 most devastating coffee pest, the coffee berry borer, being found in Hawaii; a new fungal disease of citrus plants in the Philippines; and insects causing damage to amaranth crops in Mexico.

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 (>30,000 results)

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

2 Comments

  1. TroyTabron on 19th September 2018 at 1:03 PM

    Thanks for sharing.

  2. Wayne on 13th December 2018 at 5:02 AM

    Thanks for sharing.

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