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This month’s pest alerts includes the first report of hop stunt viroid infecting strawberries in China (© Pexels)

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 grapevine yellow speckle viroid-2 infecting grapevines, the first report of hop stunt viroid infecting strawberries in China and the first report of bean yellow mosaic virus infecting Tropaeolum maius in Hawaii.

• First record of Hemiberlesia musaeTakagi & Yamamoto, 1974 and Duplachionaspis divergens (Green, 1899) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on sugarcane in greenhouse in Brazil. Monteiro, G. G.; Wolff, V. R. dos S.; Peronti, A. L. B. G.; Martinelli, N. M.; Anjos, I. A. dos (2019) Journal of Agricultural Science (Toronto) 11 (2) 392-396.
• First report of grapevine rupestris vein feathering virus in grapevine in Slovakia. Glasa, M.; Predajňa, L.; Wetzel, T.; Šoltys, K.; Sabanadzovic, S. (2019) Plant Disease 103 (1) 170.
• First report of sida mottle Alagoas virus infecting Passiflora edulisin Brazil. Mituti, T.; Spadotti, D. M. A.; Narita, N.; Rezende, J. A. M. (2019) Plant Disease 103 (1) 169-170.
• First report of apple of Peru (Nicandra physalodes) infected with pepper mottle virus in Hawaii. Wang, D.; Hamim, I.; Borth, W. B.; Melzer, M. J.; Suzuki, J. Y.; Wall, M. M.; Matsumoto, T.; Sun, G. F.; Hu, J. S. (2019) Plant Disease 103 (1) 169.
• First report of bean yellow mosaic virus infecting nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) in Hawaii. Wang, D.; Ocenar, J.; Hamim, I.; Borth, W. B.; Fukada, M. T.; Melzer, M. J.; Suzuki, J. Y.; Wall, M. M.; Matsumoto, T.; Sun, G. F.; Ko, M.; Hu, J. S. (2019) Plant Disease 103 (1) 168-169.
• First report of hop stunt Viroid infecting strawberry in China. Wu, B.; Feng, J.; Zhang, M.; Jiang, S. S.; Wang, S. J.; Xin, Z. M.; Xin, X. Q. (2019) Plant Disease 103 (1) 168.
• A novel strain of pepper leafroll virus infecting common bean and soybean in Ecuador. Fiallo-Olivé, E.; Chirinos, D. T.; Castro, R.; Navas-Castillo, J. (2019) Plant Disease 103 (1) 167-168.
• First report of Cucumber mosaic virusassociated with yellowing mosaic disease of African basil (Ocimum gratissimum) in India. Sinha, S.; Samad, A. (2019) Plant Disease 103 (1) 167.
• First report of European mountain ash ringspot-associated emaravirus in Sorbus aucupariain Poland. Druciarek, T.; Lewandowski, M.; Tzanetakis, I. E. (2019) Plant Disease 103 (1) 166.
• First report of grapevine yellow speckle viroid-2 infecting grapevine (Vitis vinifera) in India. Singhal, P.; Kapoor, R.; Saritha, R. K.; Baranwal, V. K. (2019) Plant Disease 103 (1) 166.

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