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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 record of wheat stem rust in Ireland in decades and the first report of invasive thrips infesting chilli in Karnataka, India.

• Population dynamics of Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner), the aphid vector of sugarcane yellow leaf virus under tropical conditions in India. Viswanathan, R.; Ramasubramanian, T.; Chinnaraja, C.; Selvakumar, R.; Pathy, T. L.; Manivannan, K.; Nithyanantham, R. (2022) Tropical Plant Pathology 47 (2) 260-277.
• Wheat stem rust recorded for the first time in decades in Ireland. Tsushima, A.; Lewis, C. M.; Flath, K.; Kildea, S.; Saunders, D. G. O. (2022) Plant Pathology 71 (4) 890-900.
• New record of incidence of Graphium doson (Felder & Felder) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) on false ashoka tree (Polyalthia longifolia) from Jharkhand, India. Sailesh Chattopadhyay (2022) Journal of Experimental Zoology, India 25 (1) 447-449.
• First report of invasive Thrips, Thrips parvispinus (karny) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) infesting chilli, Capsicum annuum L. in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India. Basavaraj, K.; Sreenivas, A. G.; Prasad, P. R. B.; Rachana, R. R. (2022) Journal of Experimental Zoology, India 25 (1) 191-194.
• A review of Neotropical Burseraceae. Daly, D. C.; Perdiz, R. O.; Fine, P. V. A.; Damasco, G.; Martínez-Habibe, M. C.; Calvillo-Canadell, L. (2022) Brazilian Journal of Botany 45 (1) 103-137.
• First report of Phyllosticta capitalensis causing leaf spot of Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum) in Iran. Sabahi, F.; Mafakheri, H.; Mirtalebi, M.; Dolatabadi, S.; Guarnaccia, V.; Kharrati-Koopaee, H.; Banihashemi, Z. (2022) Journal of General Plant Pathology 88 (3) 217-223.
• First report of leaf anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum chrysophilum on açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) in Brazil. Santos, G. R. dos; Moraes, A. J. G. de; Cavalcante, A. de P. de S.; Silva, G. B. da (2022) Journal of General Plant Pathology 88 (3) 212-216.
• First report of Fusarium sambucinum causing postharvest fruit rot of winter squash (Cucurbita maxima). Kitabayashi, S.; Kawaguchi, A.; Yoshida, M.; Kami, D.; Sugiyama, K.; Kawakami, A. (2022) Journal of General Plant Pathology 88 (3) 207-211.
• Ophiosphaerella agrostidis causes leaf-sheath rot of Zingiber mioga. Oki, T.; Yano, K.; Komatsu, K.; Shimomoto, Y.; Arie, T.; Morita, Y. (2022) Journal of General Plant Pathology 88 (3) 173-177.
• Distribution patterns of four Termitomyces species cultivated by a fungus-growing termite, Odontotermes formosanus, in Taiwan. Hojo, M. (2022) Fungal Ecology 56.

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