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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 reports of Phakopsora pachyrhizi on soybean in Costa Rica and Malawi, the first report of corynespora leaf spot of Eucalyptus in China and a new report of sweet basil leaf blight caused by Cochliobolus lunatus in India.

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• First report of Cucumber mosaic virus infection in pachysandra in the United States.
  Bratsch, S.; Mollov, D.; Lockhart, B.; Johnson, D.; Ehlenbeck, S. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (3):422.
• Staphylinidae, Scarabaeidae, Dermestidae and Curculionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) first record, from Kargil (Ladakh), J&K-India.
  Mohd Feroz; Tara, J. S.; Mohammad Azam; Ramamurthy, V. V. (2015) Munis Entomology & Zoology 10 (1):172-182.
• Biodiversity of Thysanoptera in the Sistan region of Iran.
  Zolfaghari, M.; Ravan, S.; Farsi-Moghadam, A.; Rashid, B. (2015) Munis Entomology & Zoology 10 (1):246-251.
• First report of basil downy mildew caused by Peronospora belbahrii in the Czech Republic.
  Petrželová, I.; Kitner, M.; Doležalová, I.; Ondřej, V.; Lebeda, A. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (3):418.
• First report of corynespora leaf spot of Eucalyptus in China.
  Phan, C. K.; Wei, J. G.; Liu, F.; Chen, B. S.; Luo, J. T.; Yang, X. H.; Tan, X. F.; Yang, X. B. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (3):419.
• First report of root rot and crown necrosis caused by Pythium aphanidermatum on Phaseolus vulgaris in Oman.
  Al-Mahmooli, I. H.; Al-Fahdi, A. R.; Al-Sadi, A. M.; Deadman, M. L. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (3) 419.
• New report of a sweet basil leaf blight caused by Cochliobolus lunatus in India.
  Srivastava, A. K.; Kumar, A.; Saroj, A.; Singh, S.; Lal, R. K.; Samad, A. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (3):419-420.
• First report of Phakopsora pachyrhizi on soybean in Costa Rica.
  Murillo-Williams, A.; Esker, P.; Allen, T.; Stone, C.; Frederick, R. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (3):418.
• First report of Phakopsora pachyrhizi causing rust on soybean in Malawi.
  Murithi, H. M.; Beed, F. D.; Soko, M. M.; Haudenshield, J. S.; Hartman, G. L. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (3):420.
• First report of atypical Xanthomonas euvesicatoria strains causing bacterial spot of tomato in Nigeria.
  Jibrin, M. O.; Timilsina, S.; Potnis, N.; Minsavage, G. V.; Shenge, K. C.; Akpa, A. D.; Alegbejo, M. D.; Beed, F.; Vallad, G. E.; Jones, J. B. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (3):415.

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