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Insect pests of cashew in Peru, where this fruit is consumed, have been identified © Joao Vicente CC BY

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 record of the leaf beetle Callosobruchus nigritus found in Soybean in India, two new rust species on Fabaceae in Brazil and preliminary data on the major pests of cashew in the Peruvian Amazon. 

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• Three new records of defoliators (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Pyralidae & Sphingidae) on some ornamental plants in Laguna, Philippines. 
  Lit, I. L., Jr.; Caasi-Lit, M. T.; Barrion-Dupo, A. L. A. (2014) Philippine Agricultural Scientist 97 (1) 67-72.
• First record of Callosobruchus nigritus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) in Manipur, India. 
  Devi, M. B.; Devi, N. V. (2014) Journal on New Biological Reports 3 (2) 151-154.
• Two new rust species on Fabaceae from Brazil. 
  Salazar Yepes, M.; de Carvalho Júnior, A. A. (2014) Mycotaxon 128, 17-23.
• New records of Phragmidium species from Pakistan. 
  Afshan, N. S.; Khalid, A. N. (2014) Mycotaxon 128, 63-70.
• Major pests of cashew in the Peruvian Amazon. Preliminary data.
  Delgado, C.; Couturier, G.; EDP Sciences S.A. (2014) Fruits (Paris) 69 (4) 292-302.
• The impact of biological control agents on soil microbial communities in oil palm plantation soils. 
  Alexander, A.; Phin ChongKhim (2014) American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture  8 (7) 8-14.
• Spread of chestnut blight in Slovakia in relation to the site topography and climatic characteristics. 
  Bolvanský, M.; Ostrovský, R.; Kobza, M.; Adamčíková, K.; Pažitný, J.; Juhásová, G.; Kajaba, P.; Radócz, L.; Botu, M.; Bolvanský, M. (2014) Acta Horticulturae 1043, 35-42.
• First molecular and biochemical characterization of Phomopsis viticola and Diploidia seriata two pathogens of esca and black dead arm diseases of grapevine in the northern region of the Tunisia. 
  Ben Ghnaya-Chakroun, A.; Rezgui, A.; Vallance, J.; Kharoubi, I.; Dridi, M.; Hajlaoui, M. R.; Rey, P.; Sadfi-Zouaoui, N. (2014) International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 3 (8) 977-987.
• Endophyte isolations from Syzygium cordatum and a eucalyptus clone (Myrtaceae) reveal new host and geographical reports for the Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae. 
  Marsberg, A.; Slippers, B.; Wingfield, M. J.; Gryzenhout, M. (2014) Australasian Plant Pathology 43 (5) 503-512.
• First report of Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Griffon & Maubl causing root rot and collar rot disease of Jatropha curcas L. in Benin. 
  Adandonon, A.; Datinon, B.; Baimey, H.; Toffa, J. (2014) Journal of Applied Biosciences 79, 6873-6877.

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