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Soybean, a key crop, has been found infected with Cowpea mild mottle in India © H. Zell (CC BY-SA)

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 a pith necrosis caused by Xanthomonas perforans on tomato plants, the first report of dieback of mango caused by Fusarium decemcellulare in China and a distinct strain of Cowpea mild mottle virus infecting soybean in India.

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• First report of Tomato chlorotic spot virus (TCSV) in Tomato, pepper, and jimsonweed in Puerto Rico.
  Webster, C. G.; Jensen, C. E. de; Rivera-Vargas, L. I.; Rodrigues, J. C. V.; Mercado, W.; Frantz, G.; Mellinger, H. C.; Adkins, S. (2013) Plant Health Progress August: PHP-2013-0812-01-BR.
• First report of dieback of mango caused by Fusarium decemcellulare in China.
  Qi YanXiang; Pu JinJi; Zhang Xin; Zhang He; Lu Ying; Yu QunFang; Zhang HuiQiang; Xie YiXian (2013) Journal of Phytopathology 161 (10) 735-738.
• A distinct strain of Cowpea mild mottle virus infecting soybean in India.
  Yadav, M. K.; Biswas, K. K.; Lal, S. K.; Baranwal, V. K.; Jain, R. K. (2013) Journal of Phytopathology 161 (10) 739-744.
• First report of five viruses infecting potatoes in Tanzania. 
  Chiunga, E.; Valkonen, J. P. T. (2013) Plant Disease 97 (9) 1260-1261.
• First report of “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” associated with psyllid-infested tobacco in Nicaragua.
  Munyaneza, J. E.; Sengoda, V. G.; Aguilar, E.; Bextine, B.; McCue, K. F. (2013) Plant Disease 97 (9) 1244-1245.
• First report of “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” on tomato in El Salvador.
  Bextine, B.; Aguilar, E.; Rueda, A.; Caceres, O.; Sengoda, V. G.; McCue, K. F.; Munyaneza, J. E. (2013) Plant Disease 97 (9) 1245.
• First report of Phytophthora palmivora causing fruit rot of fig (Ficus carica L.) in China.
  AZhang, C.; Zhang, W.; Ma, H. Q.; Zhang, G. Z. (2013) Plant Disease 97 (9) 1252.
• Penicillium daejeonium sp. nov., a new species isolated from a grape and schisandra fruit in Korea. 
  Sang HyunKyu; An TaeJin; Kim ChangSun; Choi, Y. P.; Deng JianXin; Paul, N. C.; Sung GiHo; Yu SeungHun (2013) The Journal of Microbiology 51 (4) 536-539.
• First report of a natural occurrence of Tomato yellow fruit ring virus on pepper in Iran.
  Golnaraghi, A. R.; Hamedi, A.; Yazdani-Khameneh, S.; Khosroshahi, T. S. (2013) Plant Disease 97 (9) 1259.
• A pith necrosis caused by Xanthomonas perforans on tomato plants.
  Aiello, D.; Scuderi, G.; Vitale, A.; Firrao, G.; Polizzi, G.; Cirvilleri, G. (2013) European Journal of Plant Pathology 137 (1) 29-41

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