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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 report of Pepper vein yellows virus infecting red pepper in mainland China, postharvest ginger rhizome rot caused by Fusarium verticillioides in Brazil and the first report of powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe heraclei on fennel in Korea.

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• First record of Venturia sp. parasitizing the coconut moth.
  Queiroz, A. F. O.; Ambrogi, B. G.; Santos, J. L.; Nascimento, E. S. (2015) Entomo Brasilis 8 (2) 165-167
• First report of Cucumber mosaic virus subgroup II in heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica) in China.
  Wei, M. S.; Kong, J.; Li, G. F.; Ma, J. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (8) 1191-1192
• First report of Pepper vein yellows virus infecting red pepper in mainland China.
  Zhang, S. B.; Zhao, Z. B.; Zhang, D. Y.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, S. B.; Zhang, D. Y.; Liu, Y.; Luo, X. W.; Liu, J.; Wu, L. F.; Peng, J. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (8) 1190
• First report of Tomato spotted wilt virus infection of chrysanthemum in India.
  Renukadevi, P.; Nagendran, K.; Nakkeeran, S.; Karthikeyan, G.; Jawaharlal, M.; Alice, D.; Malathi, V. G.; Pappu, H. R. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (8) 1190
• First report of Bean common mosaic virus infecting soybean in South Korea.
  Lee, Y. H.; Yoon, Y. N.; Yun, H. T.; Baek, I. Y.; Lim, S.; Moon, J. S.; Lee, S. H. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (8) 1189
• First report of Diaporthe eres species complex causing seed decay of soybean in Serbia.
  Petrovic´, K.; Vidic´, M.; Riccioni, L.; Đorđevic´, V.; Rajkovic´, D. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (8) 1186
• First report of powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe heraclei on fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) in Korea
  Choi, I. Y.; Hong, S. H.; Cho, S. E.; Park, J. H.; Shin, H. D. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (8) 1185
• Postharvest ginger rhizome rot caused by Fusarium verticillioides in Brazil.
  Moreira, S. I.; Melo, M. P.; Andrade, C. C. L.; Alves, E.; Pereira, O. L. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (8) 1177
• First report of Asiatic brown rot (Monilinia polystroma) on apple in Croatia.
  Francesco, A. di; Fruk, M.; Martini, C.; Jemric, T.; Mari, M. (2015) Plant Disease 99 (8) 1181-1182
• Review of the green lacewing genus Chrysacanthia Lacroix with a new species from Nigeria
  Winterton, S. L.; Brooks, S. J. (2015) ZooKeys (517) 71-8

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