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Algal leaf spot has been found on avocado in Brazil © Scot Nelson

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 Zucchini yellow mosaic virus on Cucurbita moschata in India, the identification of Wasabi mottle virus infecting wasabi in Taiwan and the occurrence of algal leaf spot on avocado in Goiás State, Brazil.

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• First report of Phoma sojicola (syn. Ascochyta sojicola) on Glycine max in Austria.
  Hissek, K.; Bedlan, G. (2016) Journal für Kulturpflanzen 68 (3) 72-74
• Identification of Wasabi mottle virus infecting wasabi in Taiwan.
  Deng TingChin; Tsai ChinHui; Ning FangYu (2016) Journal of Taiwan Agricultural Research 65 (1) 103-108
• First report of Cucumber mosaic virus infecting apple in China.
  Hu, Y.; Shi, H. W.; Jing, C. C.; Li, K.; Sun, X. C.; Zhou, C. Y.; Qing, L. (2016) Journal of Plant Pathology 98 (1) 181
• Occurrence of algal leaf spot (Cephaleuros virescens Kunze) on avocado in Goiás State, Brazil.
  Vasconcelos, C. V.; Pereira, F. T.; Galvão, C. dos S.; Carvalho, D. D. C. (2016) Summa Phytopathologica 42 (1) 108
• First report of Alternaria cucurbitae causing bunch rot on grape in Iran.
  Mahdian, S.; Zafari, D. (2016) Journal of Plant Pathology 98 (1) 185
• First report of Aspergillus welwitschiae as a postharvest pathogen of Brassica campestris seeds in Pakistan.
  Hanif, K.; Akhtar, N.; Hafeez, R. (2016) Journal of Plant Pathology 98 (1) 185
• First report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ in pepper and celery in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  Delic´, D.; Contaldo, N.; Lolic´, B.; Moravčevic´, Đ.; Bertaccini, A. (2016) Journal of Plant Pathology 98 (1) 184
• First report of Potato leaf roll virus in tree tomato in Ecuador.
  Sivaprasad, Y.; Viera, W.; Buitron, J.; Orbe, K.; Ayala, L. (2016) Journal of Plant Pathology 98 (1) 182
• Botrytis cinerea, new pathogen infecting oregano crops in Argentina.
  Gei, P. F. C.; Piccolo, R. J. (2016) Journal of Plant Pathology 98 (1) 176
• First report of Zucchini yellow mosaic virus on Cucurbita moschata in India.
  Nagendran, K.; Priyanka, R.; Keerthana, U.; Mohankumar, S.; Karthikeyan, G. (2016) Journal of Plant Pathology 98 (1) 173

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