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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 new records of rust fungi for South Africa, a new species of Stemphylium on spinach vine in China, and the first report of the root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne javanica and M. incognita on ginger and coriander crops in two Indian regions.

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• First report of Meloidogyne javanica on ginger and Meloidogyne incognita on coriander in Jammu and Kashmir (India).
  Singh, V. K.; Gupta, R. K. (2011) Journal of Horticultural Sciences 6 (1) 74-75.
• New record of Aleurocanthus terminaliae on mango.
  Dharmendra Singh; Vennila, S.; Ramamurthy, V. V.; Ahuja, D. B.; Bambawale, O. M. (2012) Annals of Plant Protection Sciences 20 (1) 230-231.
• A new species of Stemphylium on Basella rubra.
  Zhou YanFang; Guo YingLan; Li BaoJu (2012) Mycosystema 31 (2) 165-167.
• The genus Phytophthora anno 2012.
  Kroon, L. P. N. M.; Brouwer, H.; Cock, A. W. A. M. de; Govers, F. (2012) Phytopathology 102 (4) 348-364.
• Additions to the rust fungi of South Africa.
  Berndt, R.; Wood, A. R. (2012) Mycological Progress 11 (2) 483-497.
• Japanese Foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus) resistance to fenoxaprop and pinoxaden in China.
  Mohamed, I. A.; Li RunZhi; You ZhenGuo; Li ZhaoHu (2012) Weed Science 60 (2) 167-171.
• New host of Anastrepha parishi Stone (Diptera: Tephritidae) reported in Brazil.
  Adaime, R.; Marsaro Júnior, A. L.; Souza Filho, M. F.; Chagas, E. A.; Lima, C. G. B. (2012) Brazilian Journal of Biology 72 (1) 227.
• Exobasidium darwinii, a new Hawaiian species infecting endemic Vaccinium reticulatum in Haleakala National Park.
  Piatek, M.; Lutz, M.; Welton, P. (2012) Mycological Progress 11 (2) 361-371.
• Studies on Cercospora and allied genera of China XV.
  Guo YingLan (2012) Mycosystema 31 (2) 159-164.
• Notes on species of Cardiophorinae (Candèze, 1860) from Pakistan with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and new records.
  Akhter, M. A.; Drumont, A.; Rizvi, S. A.; Zubair Ahmed (2011) Pakistan Journal of Zoology 43 (3) 477-481.

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