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Symptoms of X. fastidiosa on grape © ENSA-Montpellier (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 passiflora root-rot of passion fruit caused by two species of Globisporangium in Japan, a study into grey mold and sclerotinia rot of okra plants and the isolation and pathogenicity of Xylella fastidiosa from grapevine and almond in Iran. 

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• Review of the idiocerine leafhoppers of Pakistan (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) with a description of a new species.
  Imran Khatri; Webb, M. D. (2014) Zootaxa 3860 (3): 280-290.
• Diaporthe species associated with vaccinium, with specific reference to Europe.
  Lombard, L.; Leeuwen, G. C. M. van; Guarnaccia, V.; Polizzi, G.; Rijswick, P. C. J. van; Rosendahl, K. C. H. M.; Gabler, J.; Crous, P. W. (2014) Phytopathologia Mediterranea 53 (2): 287-299.
• Identification and pathogenicity of Pythium on soybean in North Dakota.
  Zitnick-Anderson, K. K.; Nelson, B. D., Jr. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (1): 31-38.
• First report of Botrytis cinerea on Cornelian cherry.
  Özer, G.; Bayraktar, H. (2014) Australasian Plant Disease Notes 9 (1): 126.
• First report of anthracnose of cinnamon caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in Japan.
  Morita, K.; Yoshizawa, Y.; Orihara, N.; Chikaoka, I.; Kagiwada, S.; Ishikawa, S.; Horie, H. (2014) Annual Report of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society 61: 91-95.
• Isolation and pathogenicity of Xylella fastidiosa from grapevine and almond in Iran.
  Amanifar, N.; Taghavi, M.; Izadpanah, K.; Babaei, G. (2014) Phytopathologia Mediterranea 53 (2): 318-327.
• Gray mold and sclerotinia rot of okra plants.
  Kubota, M.; Misawa, T. (2014) Annual Report of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society 61: 43-46.
• First record of rhizopus rot of mango, atemoya and white sapote fruits caused by Rhizopus stolonifer var. stolonifer in Japan.
  Ono, T.; Ohta, T.; Kagiwada, S.; Sugawara, Y.; Amino, N.; Hoshi, H.; Horie, H. (2014) Annual Report of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society 61: 67-69.
• First report of passiflora root-rot of passion fruit caused by two species of Globisporangium (Pythium) in Japan.
  Iihama, H.; Takeuchi, J.; Sasai, Y.; Oba, Y.; Ono, T.; Kagiwada, S.; Horie, H. (2014) Annual Report of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society 61: 70-73.
• The biology of Gynnidomorpha permixtana (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) on Sagittaria trifolia L. (Alismataceae) in paddy fields in Iran.
  Haghani, A. F.; Yaghoubi, B.; Majidi-Shilsar, F.; Davatghar, N.; Aarvik, L. (2014) Nota Lepidopterologica 37 (2): 113-121.

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