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 the first report of Lasiodiplodia theobromae causing fruit rot in Melon in Thailand and the first report of the red palm mite Raoiella indica in Manabí, Ecuador.
- Two penzigioid Xylaria species described from China based on morphological and molecular characters. Ma HaiXia; Qu Zhi; Peng MingKai; Li Yu (2020) Phytotaxa 436 (1) 36-44.
- First report of Raoiella indica Hirst (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) in Province of Manabí, Ecuador. Alcívar, J.; Mesa, N. C.; Vásquez, C. (2020) International Journal of Acarology 46 (2) 120-122.
- An unusual new genus and species of centrotine treehopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Centrotinae) from Nicaragua. Morris, B. O.; Dietrich, C. H. (2020) Zootaxa 4729 (2) 286-292.
- A new Diplolepis Geoffroy (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Diplolepidini) species from China: a rare example of a rose gall-inducer of economic significance. Pujade-Villar, J.; Wang YiPing; Zhang WenLi; Mata-Casanova, N.; Lobato-Vila, I.; Dénes, A. L.; László, Z. (2020) ZooKeys (904) 131-146.
- New data on Ovalisia (Palmar) festiva (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and its natural enemies reported from Bulgaria. Ruseva, S.; Todorov, I.; Pencheva, A. (2020) Ecologica Montenegrina 28 53-60.
- Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with Ips subelongatus, including eight new species from northeastern China. Wang, Z.; Liu Ya; Wang HuiMin; Meng XianJing; Liu XueWei; Decock Cony; Zhang XingYao; Lu Quan (2020) IMA Fungus 11 (3).
- First report of downy mildew on coleus (Plectranthus spp.) caused by Peronospora belbahrii sensu lato in Brazil. Gorayeb, E. S.; Pieroni, L. P.; Cruciol, G. C. D.; Pieri, C. de; Dovigo, L. H.; Pavan, M. A.; Kurozawa, C.; Krause-Sakate, R. (2020) Plant Disease 104 (1) 294-294.
- First report of Lasiodiplodia theobromae causing fruit rot on melon (Cucumis melo) in Thailand. Suwannarach, N.; Khuna, S.; Kumla, J.; Tanruean, K.; Lumyong, S. (2020) Plant Disease 104 (1) 280-280.
- First report of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum phylotype I causing bacterial wilt in New Caledonia. Pastou, D.; Chéron, J. J.; Cellier, G.; Guérin, F.; Poussier, S. (2020) Plant Disease 104 (1) 278-278.
- First report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium’ on almond in Southern Italy. Nigro, F.; Sion, V.; Antelmi, I.; Choueiri, E.; Habib, W.; Bruno, A.; Boscia, D. (2020) Plant Disease 104 (1) 278-278.
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