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Fungi associated with black mould have been identified on baobab, a tree which yields nutritious fruit © Ton Rulkens

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 new distribution and host records for white coconut scale (Parlagena bennetti), fungi associated with black mould on baobab trees in southern Africa and two new Uropodina mites from a pine plantation in Kenya.

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• New distribution and host records for white coconut scale, Parlagena bennetti Williams (Hemiptera: Diaspididae).
  Kondo, T.; Gullan, P. J.; Watson, G. W.; Pardey, A. E. B.; Montese, L. G. (2015) Insecta Mundi 0422: 1-6.
• First record of Eucalyptus spp. bark-stripping by Brown-capuchin monkeys (Sapajus nigritus, primates: Cebidae). 
  Liebsch, D.; Mikich, S. B. (2015) Ciência Florestal 25 (2): 501-505.
• Genetic and phenotypic diversity within the Fusarium graminearum species complex in Norway. Aamot, H. U.; Ward, T. J.; Brodal, G.; Vrålstad, T.; Larsen, G. B.; Klemsdal, S. S.; Elameen, A.; Uhlig, S.; Hofgaard, I. S. (2015) European Journal of Plant Pathology 142 (3): 501-519.
• Fungi associated with black mould on baobab trees in southern Africa.
  Cruywagen, E. M.; Crous, P. W.; Roux, J.; Slippers, B.; Wingfield, M. J. (2015) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 108 (1): 85-95.
• Peronospora odessana sp. nov., a downy mildew pathogen of a Tertiary relict species, Gymnospermium odessanum. 
  Voglmayr, H.; Korytnianska, V. G. (2015) Mycological Progress 14 (6): 36.
• Fungi threatening the cultivation of oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) in south-eastern Poland. 
  Zimowska, B. (2015) Acta Scientiarum Polonorum – Hortorum Cultus 14 (4): 65-78.
• Alien plants in Shanghai and the rating of their invasion. 
  Wang Yuan; Li HuiRu; Ma JinShuang (2015) Plant Diversity and Resources 37 (2): 185-202.
• Two new Uropodina species (Acari: Uropodidae) from a Pinus radiata plantation in Kenya. 
  Kontschán, J. (2015) Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 61 (1): 33-45.
• Two new species of Eidmanacris (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) from the Atlantic Forest of São Paulo State, Brazil. 
  Souza-Dias, P. G. B.; Campos, L. D. de; Nihei, S. S. (2015) Florida Entomologist 98 (2): 547-555.
• Host grasses of the little-known stink bugs Chlorochroa (Rhytidolomia)belfragii (Stål) and C. (R.) faceta (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in inland saline wetlands. 
  Wheeler, A. G., Jr. (2015) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 117 (2): 226-237.

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