New data on quarantine pests
By browsing through the literature, the EPPO Secretariat has extracted the following new data concerning quarantine pests.
New geographical records
Ips cembrae (EU Annex II/B) occurs on the entire natural range of Larix decidua in Slovenia. Review of Agricultural Entomology, 86(11), p 1415 (10937).
Lime witches' broom phytoplasma (EU annex II/A1) occurs in Sistan-Baluchistan (south-east), Iran. This is the first report of this disease in Iran. It was previously limited to Oman and United Arab Emirates. This organism is also known as 'Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia' (see EPPO 96/032). Review of Plant Pathology, 77(11), p 1288-1289 (9448).
Mycosphaerella dearnessii (EPPO A2 quarantine pest) has been found for the first time in Austria on Pinus mugo. Review of Plant Pathology, 77(9), p 1056 (7788).
Phyllocnistis citrella was first found in Brazil in 1996, at Teresina in Piauí State. The citrus leafminer also occurs in Santa Catarina and Saõ Paulo States. Review of Agricultural Entomology, 86(12), p 1515-1516 (11742-11748).
Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus (EPPO A2 quarantine pest) was found in Venezuela during a survey on tomato crops in Barinas State, in 1994-95. The EPPO Secretariat had previously no data on the occurrence of this virus in Venezuela. Review of Plant Pathology, 77(9), p 1025 (7563).
Detailed records
Anastrepha obliqua (EPPO A1 quarantine pest) occurs in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Review of Agricultural Entomology, 86(12), p 1442 (11155).
Bemisia tabaci (biotype B - EPPO A2 quarantine pest) occurs in the state of Sonora, in Mexico. Review of Agricultural Entomology, 86(9), p 1048 (8165).
Choristoneura fumiferana (EPPO A1 quarantine pest) occurs in Alaska (US). Review of Agricultural Entomology, 85(10), p 1249 (9867).
Diaphorina citri (EPPO A1 quarantine pest) occurs in Gujarat, India. Review of Agricultural Entomology, 86(10), p 1271 (9813).
Globodera rostochiensis (EPPO A2 quarantine pest) is spreading on potato in Primorskii Krai territory, in the Far East of Russia. Nematological Abstracts, 67(3), p 168 (1369).
In Indonesia, Liriomyza huidobrensis (EPPO A2 quarantine pest) was first reported from Java, in 1994. It has now invaded the major vegetable-producing regions of Java and Sumatra. The most severely attacked crop is potato, although the pest has been found on more than 20 species of vegetable, ornamental and weed hosts. Review of Agricultural Entomology, 86(10), p 1249 (9645).
Liriomyza sativae (EPPO A1 quarantine pest) occurs in the Zhuzhou region (Hunan, China). Large populations appear between July and September on Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), courgette, cucumber and lettuce crops. Review of Agricultural Entomology, 86(12), p 1504 (11657).
Liriomyza trifolii (EPPO A2 quarantine pest) occurs in New Delhi, India. Review of Agricultural Entomology, 86(9), p 1139 (8834).
Malacosoma disstria (EPPO A1 quarantine pest) occurs in Wisconsin, USA. Review of Agricultural Entomology, 86(12), p 1532 (11884).
Rhagoletis mendax (EPPO A1 quarantine pest) was trapped in 1995-96, in Rhode Island (US). Review of Agricultural Entomology, 86(9), p 1125 (8732).
New hosts
Anastrepha suspensa (EPPO A1 quarantine pest) has been found on raspberries (Rubus idaeus) in south Florida (US) in 1997.
Review of Agricultural Entomology, 86(10), p 1268 (9794).
Colletotrichum acutatum (EU Annex II/A2) is reported for the first time on soybean (Glycine max). It was found in a field of Tavazzano, near Milano (Italy). Review of Plant Pathology, 77(11), p 1257 (9224).
Piper hispidinervium is reported as a new host of Ralstonia solanacearum (EPPO A2 quarantine pest) in Brazil. Review of Plant Pathology, 77(11), p 1312 (9617).
Sources
EPPO Secretariat, 1998-10.