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Soybeans infected with C. rosea have been reported in the USA © Howard F. Schwartz (CC BY licence)

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 first report of Clonostachys rosea causing root rot of soybean in the USA, Groundnut bud necrosis virus and Okra yellow vein mosaic virus infecting okra in India, and the first report of Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus on cucumber in Lebanon.

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• Mixed Groundnut bud necrosis virus and Okra yellow vein mosaic virus infection of okra in India.
  Kunkalikar Suresh; Beradpatil Babasaheb; Kurulekar Meera; Rajagopalan Prem; Anandalakshmi Radhamani (2012) Plant Health Progress PHP-2012-1023-01-RS.
• First report of Cucumber mosaic virus infecting watermelon in Serbia.
  Milojević, K.; Stankovic´, I.; Vučurovic´, A.; Ristic´, D.; Nikolic´, D.; Bulajic´, A.; Krstic´, B. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (11) 1706.
• First report of Alfalfa mosaic virus associated with severe mosaic and mottling of pepper (Capsicum annuum) and white clover (Trifolium repens) in Oklahoma.
  Abdalla, O. A.; Ali, A. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (11) 1705-1706.
• Biocontrol of Rhizoctonia solani AG-2, the causal agent of damping-off by Muscodor cinnamomi CMU-Cib 461.
  Suwannarach, N.; Kumla, J.; Bussaban, B.; Lumyong, S. (2012) Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology 28 (11) 3171-3177.
• First report of Grapevine fleck virus in Idaho grapevines.
  Kanuya, E.; Clayton, L. A.; Naidu, R. A.; Karasev, A. V. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (11) 1705.
• First report of Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus on cucumber in Lebanon.
  Abrahamian, P. E.; Sobh, H.; Abou-Jawdah, Y. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (11) 1704-1705.
• First report of Colletotrichum chlorophyti causing soybean anthracnose.
  Yang, H. C.; Haudenshield, J. S.; Hartman, G. L. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (11) 1699.
• A new species from Athous (Orthathous) acutangulus species group from Turkey.
  Kabalak, M.; Sert, O. (2012) Journal of Insect Science (Madison) 12, 130.
• First report of Clonostachys rosea causing root rot of soybean in the United States.
  Bienapfl, J. C.; Floyd, C. M.; Percich, J. A.; Malvick, D. K. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (11) 1700.
• First report of stem blight of blueberry caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea in China.
  Yu, L.; Rarisara, I.; Xu, S. G.; Wu, X.; Zhao, J. R. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (11) 1697.
• First report of leaf curl on celery caused by Colletotrichum acutatum in the United States.
  Pollok, J. R.; Mansfield, M. A.; Gugino, B. K.; May, S. R. (2012) Plant Disease 96 (11) 1692.

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