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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.

The invasive stink bug Bagrada hilaris © Ton Rulkens (CC BY-SA licence)

The invasive stink bug Bagrada hilaris © Ton Rulkens (CC BY-SA licence)

Records this fortnight include Fusarium chlamydosporum causing wilt disease of guava in India, a new record of stored product pest Lepinotus reticulatus from China and the first report of the invasive stink bug Bagrada hilaris from New Mexico.

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