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 Nipaecoccus viridis in the United States and a new study on the status of invasive palm squirrel Funambulus pennantii in Oman.
- A preliminary study on the status of invasive palm squirrels in Oman. Victor, R.; Soto, E. C. (2020) International Journal of Environmental Studies 77 (5) 727-738.
- Phytophthora austrocedri in Argentina and co-inhabiting phytophthoras: roles of anthropogenic and abiotic factors in species distribution and diversity. Vélez, M. L.; Manna, L. la; Tarabini, M.; Gomez, F.; Elliott, M.; Hedley, P. E.; Cock, P.; Greslebin, A. (2020) Forests 11 (11).
- Phylogenetic position of Geosmithia spp. (Hypocreales) living in Juniperus spp. forests (Cupressaceae) with bark beetles of Phloeosinus spp. (Scolytinae) from the northeast of Mexico. Alfredo, H. G. J.; Gerardo, C. R.; Guadalupe, A. O. N.; Lourdes, V. T.; César, H. R.; Francisco, A. T. (2020) Forests 11 (11).
- Identification of Fusarium solani causing basal stem and root rot of Crossandra infundibuliformis in Hainan, China. Qiu, F.; Xu, G.; Xie, C. P.; Li, X.; Zheng, F. Q. (2020) Australasian Plant Pathology 49 (6) 605-608.
- Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae causes stem canker of Chinese hackberry in China. Liang Lu; Li Huan; Zhou LiFeng; Chen FengMao (2020) Journal of Forestry Research 31 (6) 2571-2580.
- Lindenbergia muraria – a new larval host plant record for Junonia orithya L. (blue pansy). Rajdeep Jhala; Minal Jani; Ruchi Dave; Shivam Bhatt; Sujit Prajapati (2020) Indian Forester 146 (11) 1086-1088.
- Tomato chlorosis virus and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus causing mixed infection in protected eggplant (Solanum melongena) crops in Turkey. Fidan, H.; Sarıkaya, P. (2020) Acta Scientiarum Polonorum – Hortorum Cultus 19 (5) 81-89.
- Record of nutgrass weevil, Athesapeuta cyperi Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Cyperus rotundus in jute-based ecosystem. Gotyal, B. S.; Ghorai, A. K.; Ramasubramanian, T.; Satpathy, S.; Datta, D. (2020) Journal of Biological Control 34 (2) 161-163.
- Natural occurrence of entomopathogenic fungus, Cladosporium cladosporioides on blow fly, Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on ber in Punjab, India. Sandeep Singh; Poornesha, B.; Sandhu, R. K.; Bonam Ramanujam (2020) Journal of Biological Control 34 (2) 140-143.
- First report of Nipaecoccus viridis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) associated with citrus production in the United States. Diepenbrock, L. M.; Ahmed, M. Z. (2020) Journal of Integrated Pest Management 11 (7).
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