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Gall caused by Pemphigus bursarius © Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org (CC BY licence)

Gall caused by Pemphigus bursarius © Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org (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 recent multiple introductions of the gall-forming aphid Pemphigus bursarius into Japanese islands, the distribution and characterization of Streptomyces species causing potato common scab in Germany and the first report of Endoclita signifer as a new pest on Eucalyptus.

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