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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 Didymella americana causing corn stalk rot in China and the First report of Lasiodiplodia theobromae causing decline of blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) in the Czech Republic.

• Characterization of the exo-metabolome of the emergent Phytopathogen Fusarium kuroshium sp. nov., a causal agent of Fusarium dieback. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, A.; Plasencia, J.; Monribot-Villanueva, J. L.; Rodríguez-Haas, J. B.; López-Buenfil, J. A.; García-Ávila, C. J.; Ruiz-May, E.; Sánchez-Rangel, D.; Guerrero-Analco, J. A. (2021) Toxins 13 (4).
• Xylaria badia – a new distribution record of the deadwood fungus from Karnataka. Himani, S.; Krishnappa, M. (2021) Zoos’ Print 36 (7) 30-31.
• Anther smuts on Butterworts (Pinguicula spp.). Smith, P. A.; Lutz, M.; Chater, A. O.; Woods, R. G. (2021) Field Mycology 22 (1) 5-11.
• Phyllactinia actinidiae (Jacz.) Bunkina causes powdery mildew on kiwifruit in India. Shalini Verma; Gautam, H. R.; Sunil Kumar; Ankita Thakur; Tanvi Dhaulta (2021) International Journal of Economic Plants 8 (1) 6-9.
• First record of Phasmarhabditis sp. from eggs of Eobania vermiculata (Müller) snails in Egypt and their response to host size. Azzam, K. M.; El-Abd, N. (2021) Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 31 (48) (8 March 2021).
• Molecular and morphological revision of afrotropical hypoborini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) revealed novel bark beetle taxa with narrow geographical distributions. Jordal, B. H. (2021) European Journal of Entomology 118 (90-110) 90-110.
• Description of Marolia alicantina sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) from Spain and new distribution records of Marolia species. Konvička, O.; Brustel, H. (2021) Zootaxa 4920 (3) 407-416.
• Systematics of Helioandesia tarregai gen. et sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Heliodinidae) from the Andes of northern Chile. Vargas, H. A. (2021) European Journal of Taxonomy (731) 117-134.
• First report of Didymella americana causing corn stalk rot in China. Hu GuangHui; Zheng YanYan; Liu Chang; Ren HongLei; Yang JianFei; Hu ShaoXin; Fu LiXin; Li YongGang (2021) Plant Disease 105 (4) 1220-1220.
• First report of Lasiodiplodia theobromae causing decline of blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) in the Czech Republic. Pečenka, J.; Tekielska, D.; Kocanová, M.; Peňázová, E.; Berraf-Tebbal, A.; Eichmeier, A. (2021) Plant Disease 105 (1) 215-215.

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