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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 Pestalotiopsis biciliata causing dieback on Quercus coccifera and Pistacia lentiscus in Tunisia and the first report of Sida leaf curl virus and associated betasatellite from tobacco.

• Morphological and molecular characterization of Fusarium chlamydosporum, F. brachygibbosum and F. flocciferum associated with crown and root rot of wheat. Zidan, L.; Jawdat, D.; Naffaa, W. (2022) Arab Journal of Plant Protection 40 (2) 175-181.
• Survey and identification of some eulophid parasitoids (Hymenoptera) of tomato leaf miner (Tuta absoluta) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) along the Syrian coast. Kaf, N. A.; Youssef, R.; Aboud, R. (2022) Arab Journal of Plant Protection 40 (2) 127-139.
• The asexual morph and molecular phylogeny of endemic Phyllactinia verruculosa on Indigofera tinctoria. Tang ShuRong; Liu ShuYan; Feng Jing (2022) Mycoscience 63 (4) 165-168.
• Phytophthora species associated with red alder dieback in British Columbia, Canada. Feau, N.; Mcdonald, M.; Meer, B. van der; Zhang YiShan; Herath, P.; Hamelin, R. C. (2022) Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 44 (4) 549-558.
• First report of Pestalotiopsis biciliata causing dieback on Quercus coccifera and Pistacia lentiscus in Tunisia. Hlaiem, S.; Yangui, I.; Rocca, G. della; Barberini, S.; Danti, R.; Ben Jamâa, M. L. (2022) Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 44 (4) 534-541.
• First record of the Nearctic Ozognathus cornutus (LeConte, 1859) (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Anobiinae) in Cyprus. Demetriou, J.; Kakiopoulos, G.; Martinou, A. F. (2022) Hellenic Plant Protection Journal 15 (2) 76-79.
• First record of Sphenophorus placidus vestitus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae) in Cyprus. Kakouris, E.; Makris, C.; Demetriou, J. (2022) Hellenic Plant Protection Journal 15 (2) 72-75.
• A contribution to the knowledge of the genus Charletonia Oudemans (Acari: Prostigmata: Erythraeidae) from Turkey. Elverici, M.; Buğa, E.; Sevsay, S. (2022) Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (3) 471-482.
• A new species of eriophyoid mite (Acari: Eriophyoidea) infesting Terminalia crenulata(heyne) from sub-Himalayan region of India. Sanjay Sarkar (2022) Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (3) 447-455.
• First report of Sida leaf curl virus and associated betasatellite from tobacco. Wang Duan; Zhang Xuan; Chen DeXin; Ye Jian (2022) Plant Disease 106 (3) 1078-1078.

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