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A nematode, Pratylenchus agilis, has been found parasitising wheat in China for the first time. © Hector Garcia (CC BY-SA 2.0 license)

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 black coconut bunch weevil found damaging coconut palms for the first time in Brazil, the first report of the lesion nematode, Pratylenchus agilis, parasitising wheat, and the first incidence of Beet mild curly top virus affecting legumes in Mexico.

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• First report of flower chafer beetle, Oxycetonia versicolor, on pigeonpea and mungbean from Punjab, India.
  Taggar, G. K.; Ravinder Singh; Ravinder Kumar; Pathania, P. C. (2012) Phytoparasitica 40 (3) 207-211.
• First report of the lesion nematode, Pratylenchus agilis, parasitizing wheat in China.
  Wang, Z. Y.; Shi, Y.; Li, H. L.; Zhang, M. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (5) 773.
• Damage by Homalinotus depressus in commercial coconut palm crops in the Amazonian region of Brazil.
  Ribeiro, R. C.; Lemos, W. de P.; Lins, P. M. P.; Valente, R. de M.; Müller, A. A.; Lunz, A. M.; Zanuncio, J. C. (2012) Phytoparasitica 40 (3) 239-241.
• First record of the Australian guava moth Coscinoptycha improbana Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae) in New Caledonia: implication for quarantine and biosecurity surveys in insular territories.
  Mille, C.; Munzinger, J.; Jourdan, H. (2012) Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 15 (2) 283-285.
• First report of Beet mild curly top virus in dry bean in Zacatecas, Mexico.
  Velasquez-Valle, R.; Mena-Covarrubias, J.; Reveles-Torres, L. R.; Argüello-Astorga, G. R.; Salas-Luevano, M. A.; Mauricio-Castillo, J. A. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (5) 771-772.
• Occurrence of the grape leaf rust in Minas Gerais.
  Xavier, A. A.; Dariva, J. M.; Ribeiro, R. C. F.; Mizobutsi, E. H. (2012) Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura 34 (1) 317-319.
• First report of Alternaria alternata leaf spots on spinach in Saudi Arabia.
  Marraiki, N.; Siddiqui, I.; Rizwana, H.; Javaid, A. (2012) JAPS, Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences 22 (1) 247-248.
• First report of Pseudomonas tolaasii on Agaricus bisporus in Serbia.
  Milijaševic´-Marčic´, S.; Todorovic´, B.; Potočnik, I.; Stepanovic´, M.; Rekanovic´, E. (2012) Phytoparasitica 40 (3) 299-303.
• Diverse population of a new bipartite begomovirus infecting tomato crops in Uruguay.
  Márquez-Martín, B.; Maeso, D.; Martínez-Ayala, A.; Bernal, R.; Federici, M. T.; Vincelli, P.; Navas-Castillo, J.; Moriones, E. (2012) Archives of Virology 157 (6) 1137-1142.
• First report of anthracnose on fruits of Duchesnea indica caused by Colletotrichum acutatum in northwestern Argentina.
  Sir, E. B.; Arias, M. E.; Racedo, J.; Castagnaro, A.; Díaz Ricci, J. C. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (5) 765.

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