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 record of the introduced land snail Bradybaena similaris in Bangladesh and the first report of leaf anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum liriopes on Ophiopogon japonicus in China.
- First report of leaf blight of Cyclocarya paliurus caused by Nigrospora sphaerica in China. Zheng XiangRong; Liu ChengLong; Zhang MaoJiao; Shang XuLan; Fang ShengZuo; Chen FengMao (2021) Crop Protection 140.
- Botrytis cinerea causing gray mold of Polygonatum sibiricum (Huang Jing) in China. Chen Jin; Zhu JunZi; Li XiaoGang; He AiGuo; Xia ShiTou; Zhong Jie (2021) Crop Protection 140.
- First report of leaf anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum liriopes on Ophiopogon japonicus in China. Wang MingShuang; Wang HuiZhong (2021) Crop Protection 140.
- Chalcidoidea of Iran (Insecta: Hymenoptera). (2021) Chalcidoidea of Iran (Insecta: Hymenoptera) xi + 432 pp.
- Virome characterization of Cryphonectria parasitica isolates from Azerbaijan unveiled a new mymonavirus and a putative new RNA virus unrelated to described viral sequences. Forgia, M.; Isgandarli, E.; Aghayeva, D. N.; Huseynova, I.; Turina, M. (2021) Virology 553 51-61.
- Two viruses from Stylosanthes guianensis may represent a new genus within Potyviridae. Souza, J. M. de; Fragoso, K. N. da S.; Orílio, A. F.; Melo, F. L.; Nagata, T.; Fernandes, C. D.; Valério, J. R.; Torres, F. Z. V.; Amaral, B. B.; Pereira, T. B. C.; Oliveira, A. S. de; Resende, R. O. (2021) Virus Research 293.
- Frequent asymptomatic infection with tobacco ringspot virus on melon fruit. Tabara, M.; Nagashima, Y.; He Kai; Qian XiaoNing; Crosby, K. M.; Jifon, J.; Jayaprakasha, G. K.; Patil, B.; Koiwa, H.; Takahashi, H.; Fukuhara, T. (2021) Virus Research 293.
- Atripes paspali gen. et sp. nov. (Magnaporthaceae) causing take-all disease on Paspalum guenoarum in Brazil. Custódio, F. A.; Rosado, A. W. C.; Lanna Filho, R.; Martinelli, J. A.; Dall’Agnol, M.; Lopes, R. R.; Pereira, O. L. (2021) Plant Pathology 70 (1) 110-122.
- Morphologic, molecular, and pathogenic characterization of Phytophthora palmivora isolates causing flower rot on azalea. Barboza, E. A.; Cabral, C. S.; Rossato, M.; Luz, E. D. M. N.; Reis, A.; Martins, E. D. (2020) Brazilian Journal of Microbiology 51 (4) 1493-1503.
- The first record of the introduced land snail Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1822) (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Camaenidae) from Bangladesh. Takahiro Hirano; Takumi SaiTo; Mohammad Shariar Shovon; Tanchangya, T. S. R.; Satoshi ChiBa (2020) BioInvasions Records 9 (4) 730-736.
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