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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 three new nematode species found in the rhizosphere of potatoes in China, the first record of the mushroom brown blotch Pseudomonas tolaasii in Serbia, and two species of ambrosia beetle found for the first time in Thailand.

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• Coccus hesperidum (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Ocimum basilicum: a new record of host plant in Greece.
  Papadopoulou, S. C. (2012) Hellenic Plant Protection Journal 5 (1) 23-25.
• Molecular characterisation of a novel cassava associated circular ssDNA virus.
  Dayaram, A.; Opong, A.; Jäschke, A.; Hadfield, J.; Baschiera, M.; Dobson, R. C. J.; Offei, S. K.; Shepherd, D. N.; Martin, D. P.; Varsani, A. (2012) Virus Research 166 (1/2) 130-135.
• Characterization of tobacco mosaic tobamovirus (TMV-S) isolated from sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in Egypt.
  Zein, S. N.; El-Khalik, A.; Samaa, K.; Eman, A. A. H.; Azzam, C. R. (2012) International Journal of Virology 8 (1) 27-38.
• 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.
• Bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) infesting mango trees (Mangifera indica L.) in southern Thailand, with two new species recorded for Thailand.
  Sittichaya, W. (2012) Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology 34 (2) 153-155.
• Plant-parasitic nematodes and yellowing of leaves associated with black pepper plants in Vietnam.
  Thuy, T. T. T.; Yen, N. T.; Tuyet, N. T. A.; Te, L. L.; Waele, D. de (2012) Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 45 (10) 1183-1200.
• Description of three new recorded species of plant parasitic nematodes extracted from rhizosphere of potato in China.
  Xu ChunLing; Chen Chun; Zhou ChunNa; Chen YongLiang; Xie Hui (2012) Journal of South China Agricultural University 33 (2) 167-170.
• Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) diversity in cucurbit fields and surrounding forest areas of Himachal Pradesh, a north-western Himalayan state of India.
  Prabhakar, C. S.; Pankaj Sood; Mehta, P. K. (2012) Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 45 (10) 1210-1217.
• Molecular characterisation of dicot-infecting mastreviruses from Australia.
  Hadfield, J.; Thomas, J. E.; Schwinghamer, M. W.; Kraberger, S.; Stainton, D.; Dayaram, A.; Parry, J. N.; Pande, D.; Martin, D. P.; Varsani, A. (2012) Virus Research 166 (1/2) 13-22.
• Strains of Moroccan watermelon mosaic virus isolated from Lagenaria breviflorus and Coccinia barteri in Calabar, southeastern Nigeria.
  Owolabi, A. T.; Rabenstein, F.; Ehrig, F.; Edgar, M. M.; Vetten, H. J. (2012) International Journal of Virology 8 (3) 258-270.

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