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 Cinara splendens in the Palaearctic region and a new record of Neofabraea kienholzii, a novel causal agent of grapevine trunk diseases in Hungary.
- Cinara splendens (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Lachninae) – first record in Palaearctic region. Havelka, J.; Havelka, J.; Starý, P. (2020) Forests 11 (9).
- Curvularia spicifera and Curvularia muehlenbeckiae causing leaf blight on Cunninghamia lanceolata. Cui WenLi; Lu XiaoQiang; Bian JinYue; Qi XiLing; Li DeWei; Huang Lin (2020) Plant Pathology 69 (6) 1139-1147.
- Milk vetch dwarf virus infection in the Solanaceae and Caricaceae families in Southeast Asia. Lal, A.; Kil EuiJoon; Thuy, V. T. B.; Fadhila, C.; Ho, P. T.; Byun, H. S.; Dao, H. T.; Kim JiKwang; Lee Sukchan (2020) Plant Pathology 69 (6) 1026-1033.
- A broad diversity survey of Rhizoctonia species from the Brazilian Amazon reveals the prevalence of R. solani AG-1 IA on signal grass and the new record of AG-1 IF on cowpea and soybeans. Chavarro-Mesa, E.; Ceresini, P.; Pereira, D.; Vicentini, S.; Silva, T.; Ramos-Molina, L.; Negrisoli, M.; Schurt, D.; Vieira Júnior, J. R. (2020) Plant Pathology 69 (3) 455-466.
- Neofabraea kienholzii, a novel causal agent of grapevine trunk diseases in Hungary. Lengyel, S.; Knapp, D. G.; Karácsony, Z.; Geml, J.; Tempfli, B.; Kovács, G. M.; Váczy, K. Z. (2020) European Journal of Plant Pathology 157 (4) 975-984.
- Three new records of criconematids (Criconematidae: Criconematinae) from Iran. Afshar, F. J.; Pourjam, E.; Mokhtassi-Bidgoli, A.; Pedram, M. (2020) Journal of Crop Protection 9 (3) 355-366.
- The mating strategy and reproductive performance of Agriphila aeneociliella (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), a new insect pest of wheat in China. Zhan YiDi; Liu JiaHui; Liu Yong (2020) Agricultural and Forest Entomology 22 (3) 203-211.
- Complex of borers: ecdytolopha fabivora (Meyrick), Cydia deshaisiana (lucas) and Cydia pomonella (L.) in crops of creole bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) and canavalia (Canavalia ensiformis L.) in México. Martín-Romero, E. S.; Martínez-Rosas, R.; Espinosa-Mendoza, M.; Landa-Cadena, G.; Morales-Báez, M.; Salinas-Castro, A. (2020) Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 79 (1) 13-20.
- Review of the Bobekia-group (Braconidae, Alysiinae, Alysiini), with description of a new genus and a new subgenus. Zhang, R. N.; Achterberg, C. van; Tian XiaoXia; Tan JiangLi (2020) ZooKeys (926) 25-51.
- Description of paratylenchus manilkarii n. sp., P. sindhicus n. sp., and observation of pratylenchus kralli ryss, 1982 from chikoo (Manilkara zapota L. Van royen) orchards of Balochistan and Sindh, Pakistan. Erum Iqbal; Nasir Mehmood; Nasira Kazi; Shahina Fayyaz (2020) Pakistan Journal of Zoology 52 (2) 693-698.
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