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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 Apiognomonia errabunda on Quercus ilex in Algeria and the first record of Viburnum leaf beetle Pyrrhalta viburni in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• Identification of root endophytic fungi from rangeland plants in Mazandaran province. Goodarzian, K.; Ghanbary, M. A. T.; Babaeizad, V.; Mojerlou, Sh. (2021) Iranian Journal of Forest and Range Protection Research 18 (2) fa216-fa231, en232.
• An updated global species diversity and phylogeny in the forest pathogenic genus Heterobasidion (Basidiomycota, russulales). Yuan Yuan; Chen JiaJia; Korhonen KaRi; Martin Francis; Dai YuCheng (2021) Frontiers in Microbiology 12 (January).
• First report of Apiognomonia errabunda on Quercus ilex in Algeria. Bensaci, O. A.; Beghami, R.; Gouaref, K. (2021) Folia Forestalia Polonica. Series A, Forestry 63 (1) 10-20.
• Is the endophytic fungus Neofusicoccum kwambonambiense another brick in the wall of the post-harvest pathogenic fruit fungi system? Mussi-Dias, V.; Santos, P. H. D. dos; Carvalho, B. M.; Santos, A. V. dos; Freire, M. D. G. M. (2021) Perspectivas Online: Biológicas e Saúde 11 (36) 26-40.
• First report of Peronospora saturejae-hortensis in Iran. Khateri, H.; Moarrefzadeh, N.; Jamali, S. (2021) Australasian Plant Disease Notes 16 (1) (06 February 2021).
• Pseudofusicoccum sp. causing shoot canker in peach in Uruguay. Sessa, L.; Abreo, E.; Lupo, S. (2021) Australasian Plant Disease Notes 16 (5) (27 February 2021).
• First record of Pyrrhalta viburni (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dautbašić, M.; Mujezinović, O.; Kulijer, D.; Vesnić, A.; Zahirović, K.; Ivojević, S.; Prljača, D. (2021) Šumarski List 145 (1/2) 43-46.
• First detection of Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae) as a facultative endoparasitoid of Nezara viridula (L.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). El-Hawagry, M. S. A.; Ebrahim, A. M. E.; Nada, M. S. E. (2021) Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 31 (26) (05 February 2021).
• New record of Selepa celtis Moore (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) as fruit pest of Indian Rudraksha tree. Pooja Singh; Singh, A. N.; Sudhir Singh (2021) Indian Forester 147 (1) 95-97.
• Brachytydeus armindae (Momen & Lundqvist, 2005); a new tydeid record (Acari : Prostigmata), with a revised key to Brachtydeus Thor species of Turkey. Cobanoglu, S.; Yeşilayer, A.; Öğreten, A. (2021) Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi 27 (1) 1-8.

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