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new pest records: mirid bug
This month’s pest alerts include the first report of mirid bugs as a threat to bottle gourd in India (Photograph © Bernard Dupont – CC BY-SA 2.0)

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 a new species of Trionymus from Mexico and the first report of mirid bugs as a threat to bottle gourd in India.


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