EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 05 - 1988 Num. article: 1988/08

Phytophthora cinnamomi


This fungus is an EEC Annex IB Organism, for Ireland and the United Kingdom, and an Annex 11B Organism for Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal, but not yet considered as an EPPO quarantine pest. It is a serious pathogen of avocado, and threatens the developing avocado orchards of Spain. Resistant rootstocks are currently being tested.



Sources

Gulio L., Jaizme M.C. & Hernandez J. Resistance of West Indian avocado rootstocks to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Proceeding of the 7th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union, Granada (ES), September 1987.