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Podosphaera xanthii, more commonly found on Cucurbitaceae has been identified as a causal agent of  powdery mildew in eggplant © Gerald Holmes (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 occurrence of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum on banana pseudostems in the Brazillian state of Minas Gerais, fire blight disease on apricot and cherry plum in Hungary and identification of the pathogen causing eggplant powdery mildew in Qingdao, China.

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• Introducing of some thrips species from Choqa-Sabz Forest Park, Ilam Province. 
  Mirab-Balou, M.; Nourollahi, K.; Radjabi, R. (2014) Persian Gulf Crop Protection 3 (2) 124-128
• Occurrence of Ralstonia solanacearum on olive tree in Brazil. 
  Tebaldi, N. D.; Leite, L. N.; Marque, J. M. de; Furlanetto, M. C. A.; Mota, L. C. B. M. (2014) Summa Phytopathologica 40 (2) 185.
• Occurrence of coal rot of sugarcane in Piauí and Maranhão. 
  Silva, G. S. da; Alcântara Neto, F. de; Leite, R. R.; Silva, K. C. da; Monteiro, M. M. de S.; de Oliveira, M. A. M. (2014) Summa Phytopathologica 40 (2) 187.
• Phaeoacremonium spp. and Botryosphaeriaceae spp. associated with date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) decline in Iran. 
  Mohammadi, H. (2014) Journal of Phytopathology 162 (9) 575-581.
• Occurrence of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum on banana pseudostems in Minas Gerais. 
  Tebaldi, N. D.; Mota, L. C. B. M. (2014) Summa Phytopathologica 40 (2) 186.
• First record of the red gum lerp psyllid, Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Hemiptera Psyllidae), in Tunisia. 
  Attia, S. B.; Rapisarda, C. (2014) Phytoparasitica 42 (4) 535-539.
• Fire blight disease appeared on apricot (Prunus armeniaca 10/13 hybrid) and cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera ‘Nigra’) in Hungary. 
  Végh, A.; Palkovics, L. (2014) Növényvédelem 50 (7) 319-324.
• Identification of the pathogen in causing eggplant powdery mildew in Qingdao. 
  Yu Jing; Liang Chen; Xing HeHe (2014) Journal of Fungal Research 12 (2) 96-99, 106.
• Phytoparasitic nematodes associated with the cultivation of papaya (Carica papaya L.) in Colima, Mexico. 
  Martínez Gallardo, J. Á.; Díaz Valdés, T.; Allende Molar, R.; Ortiz Meza, J. A.; García Estrada, R. S.; Carrillo Fasio, J. A. (2014) Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas 5 (2) 317-323.
• A new species and new records of cercosporoid fungi from ornamental plants in Taiwan. 
  Kirschner, R. (2014) Mycological Progress 13 (3) 483-491.

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