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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 thrips from India, the description of a new species of PolycestaDejean from Chile and a report on the causal agent of leaf blight on sunflower in South Africa.

• Two new Sporothrixspecies from Protea flower heads in South African Grassland and Savanna.Ngubane, N. P.; Dreyer, L. L.; Oberlander, K. C.; Roets, F. (2018) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 111 (6) 965-979.
• Mycorrhizas reduce tomato root penetration by false root-knot nematode Nacobbus aberrans.Marro, N.; Caccia, M.; Doucet, M. E.; Cabello, M.; Becerra, A.; Lax, P. (2018) Applied Soil Ecology 124 262-265.
• Extension of the lanternfly genus NeoalcathousWang & Huang, 1989 to Vietnam with a new species and new subfamily placement (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae).Constant, J.; Hong Thai Pham (2018) Belgian Journal of Entomology 59 1-11.
• Fusarium ershadii nov., a pathogen on Asparagus officinalisand Musa acuminata.Papizadeh, M.; Diepeningen, A. D. van; Zamanizadeh, H. R.; Saba, F.; Ramezani, H. (2018) European Journal of Plant Pathology 151 (3) 689-701.
• Alternaria alternata, the causal agent of leaf blight of sunflower in South Africa.Kgatle, M. G.; Truter, M.; Ramusi, T. M.; Flett, B.; Aveling, T. A. S. (2018) European Journal of Plant Pathology 151 (3) 677-688.
• Integrative taxonomy of Meloidogyne oryzae(Nematoda: Meloidogyninae) parasitizing rice crops in Southern Brazil.Mattos, V. S. da; Cares, J. E.; Gomes, C. B.; Gomes, A. C. M. M.; Monteiro, J. da M. dos S.; Gomez, G. M.; Castagnone-Sereno, P.; Carneiro, R. M. D. G. (2018) European Journal of Plant Pathology 151 (3) 649-662.
• Two new reports of thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from India.Rachana, R. R.; Varatharajan, R. (2018) Journal of Threatened Taxa 10 (2) 11312-11315.
• Description of a new species of PolycestaDejean (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Chile.Ferrú, M.; Olivares, F. (2018) Revista Chilena de Entomología 44 (2) 163-167.
• Second genus of Kinnaridae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Chile.Campodonico, J. F. (2018) Revista Chilena de Entomología 44 (2) 149-154.
• Epilachnini species (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from the Cusco region, present in the Entomological Collection of the San Antonio Abad University of Cusco, Peru.Bustamante-Navarrete, A.; Castillo, M. M. del; Oroz-Ramos, A.; Yábar-Landa, E. (2018) Revista Chilena de Entomología 44 (2) 99-121.

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