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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 month include reports on a new pathogenic fungal species in Iran and new records of needle nematode and a novel Schizomyia species in China.

• New pathogenic and endophytic fungal species associated with Persian oak in Iran. Alidadi, A.; Kowsari, M.; Javan-Nikkhah, M.; Jouzani, G. R. S.; Rastaghi, M. E. (2019) European Journal of Plant Pathology 155 (3) 1017-1032.
• First report of a genetic map and evidence of QTL for resistance to CABMV in a segregating population of Passiflora. Santos, E. A.; Viana, A. P.; Walter, F. H. de B.; Freitas, J. C. de O.; Ramos, H. C. C.; Boechat, M. S. B. (2019) European Journal of Plant Pathology 155 (3) 903-915.
• Morphological and molecular characterisation of Paralongidorus sacchari (Nematoda: Longidoridae), a new record of needle nematode in China.Wang HongHong; Zhuo Kan; Cai RunDe; Liao JinLing (2019) European Journal of Plant Pathology 155 (2) 615-625.
• Peronospora aquilegiicola sp. nov., the downy mildew affecting columbines in the UK is an invasive species from East Asia. Thines, M.; Denton, G. J.; Beal, E. J.; Kilty, A.; Denton, J. O.; Shin HyeonDong; Choi YoungJoon (2019) European Journal of Plant Pathology 155 (2) 515-525.
• Description of Xiphinema azarbaijanense n. sp. (Nematoda; Longidoridae) from West Azarbaijan province, northwestern Iran. Afshar, F. J.; Shahryari, F.; Gharibzadeh, F.; Pourjam, E.; Pedram, M. (2019) European Journal of Plant Pathology 155 (2) 417-434.
• A new Schizomyia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) inducing flower bud galls on Chinese tallow tree Triadica sebifera in its native range. Elsayed, A. K.; Wheeler, G. S.; Purcell, M.; Dyer, K.; Zhang JiaLiang; Tokuda, M. (2019) Applied Entomology and Zoology 54 (4) 429-436.
• Identification of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, Pepper huasteco yellow vein virus and Pepper golden mosaic virus associated with pepper diseases in northern Mexico. Morales-Aguilar, J. J.; Rodríguez-Negrete, E. A.; Camacho-Beltrán, E.; López-Luque, C. A.; Leyva-López, N. E.; Jiménez-Díaz, F.; Voloudakis, A.; Santos-Cervantes, M. E.; Méndez-Lozano, J. (2019) Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 41 (4) 544-550.
• Diversity of plant-parasitic nematodes parasitising grapes in Southern Brazil. Divers, M.; Gomes, C. B.; Menezes-Netto, A. C.; Lima-Medina, I.; Nondillo, A.; Bellé, C.; Araújo Filho, J. V. de (2019) Tropical Plant Pathology 44 (5) 401-408.
• New data on the Lepidoptera of Armenia (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Langourov, M. (2019) SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 47 (187) 415-435.
• Pathogenic microbes in Hypsizygus marmoreus industrialized cultivation. Yao WeiWei; Bao DaPeng; Chen HongYu; Li JinXin; Li Yan; Zhou ChenLi; Li XiaoLing; Wu YingYing (2019) Mycosystema 38 (9) 1407-1418.

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