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

• Damping-off of deltoid synurus caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 (IB). Kim WanGyu; Lee GyoBin; Shim HongSik; Cho WeonDae (2021) Korean Journal of Mycology 49 (2) 249-251.
• Damping-off caused by Pythium aphanidermatum on sugar beet in Egypt. Mahmoud, M. A. A.; Omar, A. F.; Mohamed, A. A. A.; Gouda, M. I.; Emeran, A. A. (2021) Australasian Plant Disease Notes 16 (25) (13 September 2021).
• A new species of Trionymus Berg (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from Mexico. Amun, C.; González, P.; Willink, M. C. G. de (2021) Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 80 (1) 89-92.
• New distributional, host and plant association records of saproxylic ichneumonid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in Turkey. Varga, O.; Bolu, H. (2021) Journal of the Entomological Research Society 23 (2) 173-178.
• A new genus and species record of geometrid moth (Lepidoptera) from Turkey. Seven, E. (2021) Journal of the Entomological Research Society 23 (2) 153-156.
• New record and DNA barcoding of Dolichogenidea laevigata (Ratzeburg, 1848) as a parasitoid of Archips rosana (Linnaeus, 1758) from Iran. Farahani, S.; Abdoli, P. (2021) Journal of the Entomological Research Society 23 (2) 133-140.
• Description of Balaustium ryszardi sp. n. (Prostigmata) from Greece with a key to the world larval species. Šundic, M.; Noei, J. (2021) Biologia (Bratislava) 76 (9) 2609-2617.
• Discovery of a native host of Torymus beneficus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae), with description of a new Dryocosmus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Matsuo, K.; Ide, T.; Yaranaff, K.; Matsunaga, K.; Gyoutoku, N.; Higashiura, Y.; Yukawa, J.; Abe, Y.; Moriya, S. (2021) Applied Entomology and Zoology 56 (4) 451-463.
• First report on Pythium myriotylum as pathogen on duckweed (Lemna minor L.) in hydroponic systems in Germany. Brand, T.; Petersen, F.; Demann, J.; Wichura, A. (2021) Journal für Kulturpflanzen 73 (9/10) 316-323.
• Mirid bugs as an emerging threat to bottle gourd cultivation: dynamics and management. Jaydeep Halder; Deepak Kushwaha; Dibyendu Deb; Debjani Dey; Rai, A. B. (2021) Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 91 (5) 723-728.

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