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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 a North American leafminer invading Italian vineyards, a new fungal disease on blueberry in Argentina, a new species of nematode in Iranian banana plantations, and three new races of Bremia lactucae on lettuce that are unique to Australia.

The leafminer, Antispila oinophylla, and the damage it does to grapevine leaves © Erik van Nieukerken et al (CC BY 3.0 license)

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