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 the northern spruce bark beetle Ips duplicatus in Slovenia and information about five new introduced terrestrial slugs in Hungary.
- Chrysoporthe cubensis emerges causing wilt on Eucalyptus mini-stumps in Brazil. Martins, M. D.; Guterres, D. C.; Andrade, P. R. A.; Machado, F. J.; Furtado, G. Q. (2023) Australasian Plant Pathology 52 (5) 517-527.
- First report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma australasia’ related strain associated with opium poppy phyllody and stunting in India. Singh, S. K.; Mishra, R. K.; Reddy, M. G.; Rahul, S. N.; Carmine Marcone; Rao, G. P. (2023) Australasian Plant Pathology 52 (5) 501-505.
- Identification of Fusarium species from Scutellaria baicalensis root rot in Longxi, Gansu Province and effects on element contents of root. Jiang JingJing; Chen AiChang; Wei ZhouQuan; Sun XingMing; Xu MeiRong; Li XuePing; Du Hui; Qi YongHong (2023) Acta Prataculturae Sinica 32 (7) 109-121.
- Five new introduced terrestrial slugs in Hungary. Turóci, Á.; Hutchinson, J. M. C.; Schlitt, B.; Reise, H.; Rapala, M.; Páll-Gergely, B. (2023) BioInvasions Records 12 (3) 711-729.
- First record of the northern spruce bark beetle, Ips duplicatus (Sahlberg, 1836), in Slovenia. Kavčič, A.; Devetak, Z.; Piškur, B.; Groznik, E.; Groot, M. de (2023) BioInvasions Records 12 (3) 699-710.
- First record of an African grass-feeding wasp (Tetramesa; Eurytomidae) on the invasive grass Eragrostis curvula (African lovegrass; Poaceae) in Australia. Sutton, G. F.; Steenderen, C. J. M. van; Yell, L. D.; Canavan, K.; McConnachie, A.; Paterson, I. D. (2023) BioInvasions Records 12 (3) 673-680.
- A webbing clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) new to Korea. Lee DongJune; Park HaeCheol; Roh SeungJin (2023) Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 62 (3) 149-153.
- Mycobiota associated with anthracnose and dieback symptoms on Theobroma cacao L. in Mérida state, Venezuela. Castillo, S. R. M.; Woodward, S.; Klopfenstein, N. B.; Kim MeeSook; Stewart, J. E. (2023) Summa Phytopathologica 49.
- Comparative study on two pathogens of Pinellia root diseases. Han Jing; Huang MingLei; Qian Xu; Jin LeiLei; Shu FuXing; Jia Qi; Chen JiShuang (2023) Chinese Journal of Bioprocess Engineering 21 (2) 220-228.
- New distributional data on the Orthoptera of Montenegro with new records for the country. Mulder, J. (2023) Biodiversity Journal 14 (3) 395-404.
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