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This month’s pest alerts include the first report of tobacco vein banding mosaic virus naturally infecting black nightshade (Solanum nigrum) in China (Photograph © Katja Schulz)

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 tobacco vein banding mosaic virus naturally infecting black nightshade (Solanum nigrum) in China and the first report of white blister rust disease caused by Wilsoniana amaranthi on Amaranthus dubius in Korea.

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