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Symptoms of Iris Yellow Spot Virus on onion leaf © Ronald D. Gitaitis, University of Georgia (CC BY-NC)

Symptoms of Iris Yellow Spot Virus on onion leaf © Ronald D. Gitaitis, University of Georgia (CC BY-NC)

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 Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens on soybean in Brazil, the first report of Iris Yellow Spot Virus infecting onion in Pakistan and the occurrence of anthracnose on chickpea in Malaysia.

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