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Black spot has been reported on persimmon fruits © tkamenick (CC BY-NC-ND)

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 Bipolaris papendorfii causing corn leaf spot in China, the first report of black spot disease caused by Alternaria alternata on sweet persimmon fruits and two new species of Fergusonina Malloch gall fly from leaf bud galls on black sallee and manna gum.

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• Lepidoptera vectors of Pestalotiopsis fungal disease: first record in oil palm plantations from Colombia. 
  Martínez, L. C.; Plata-Rueda, A. (2013) International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 33 (4) 239-246.
• Three new black mildews from Kerala, India. 
  Hosagoudar, V. B.; Sabeena, A. (2013) Journal of Threatened Taxa 5 (14) 4898-4900.
• First report of black spot disease caused by Alternaria alternata on sweet persimmon fruits. 
  Lee JungHan; Kim JinWoo; Kwak YounSig (2013) Mycobiology 41 (3) 167-169.
• Presence of orange rust on sugarcane in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. 
  Chaves, A.; Simões Neto, D. E.; Dutra Filho, J. de A.; Oliveira, A. C. de; Rodrigues, W. D. de L.; Pedrosa, E. M. R.; Borges, V. J. L.; França, P. R. P. de (2013) Tropical Plant Pathology 38 (5) 443-446.
• First detection of Tomato black ring virus (TBRV) in a French vineyard.
  Laveau, C.; Helden, M. van; Darrieutort, G.; Esmenjaud, D.; Demangeat, G. (2013) Journal International des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin 47 (3) 191-194.
• First report of broccoli soft rot caused by Pectobacterium carotovorumsubsp. carotovorum in Serbia. 
  Gašic, K.; Gavrilovic´, V.; Ivanovic´, Ž.; Obradovic´, A. (2013) Plant Disease 97 (11) 1504.
• First report of Alternaria japonica causing black spot of turnip in Spain.
  Bassimba, D. D. M.; Mira, J. L.; Vicent, A. (2013) Plant Disease 97 (11) 1505-1506.
• First report of Bipolaris papendorfii causing corn leaf spot in China. 
  Li, P. P.; Cao, Z. Y.; Dong, J. G.; Zhang, L. H.; Jia, H.; Liu, N.; Li, S. H.; Hao, Z. M.; Gu, S. Q.; Wang, X. Y. (2013) Plant Disease 97 (11) 1506-1507.
• Two new species of Fergusonina Malloch gall fly (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) from leaf bud galls on black sallee (Eucalyptus stellulata) and manna gum (Eucalyptus viminalis). 
  Purcell, M. F.; Nelson, L. A.; Thornhill, A. H.; Yeates, D. K. (2013) Australian Journal of Entomology 52 (4) 363-370.
• First record of Calophya schini (Hemiptera: Calophyidae) in Ethiopia and Kenya. 
  Overholt, W. A.; Copeland, R. S.; Halbert, S. E. (2013) International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 33 (4) 291-293.

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