EPPO Global Database

Bretziella fagacearum(CERAFA)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Disease map 254 (1993): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Known to occur only in the eastern and midwestern states of the USA and in Texas. The presence of C. fagacearum was first documented in Wisconsin in 1942. It is possible that it is exotic to the USA, with possible origins in Central or South America, or Mexico (Juzwik et al., 2011).

EPPO Reporting Service 510/07: destructive outbreaks in Texas (1990).

EPPO Reporting Service (2009/142) : first found in August 2008 on wilting red oaks in a residential area in Scotia (New York state).
References
* Gibbs, J. N. (1978) Arboricultural Journal 3 (5), 351-356.

* Gibbs, J. N.; French, D. W. (1980) Research Paper, North Central Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service No. NC-185, iii + 17 pp.
------- The history, distribution and transmission of C. fagacearum in the eastern USA is reviewed.

* Gillespie, W. H. (1971) In: The Oak Symposium held at Morgantown, West Virginia, 16-20 Aug. 1971, pp. 124-128. Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Forest Service, USDA, Upper Darby, PA, USA.
------- A review of the oak wilt situation in the USA. It has been found on at least 51 Quercus spp. and trees of related genera in 21 states.

* Juzwik J, Appel DN, MacDonald WL, Burks S (2011) Challenges and successes in managing oak wilt in the United States. Plant Disease 95(8), 888-900.
------- A review of the oak wilt situation in the USA. Found in 829 counties of 24 states (a map is provided).

* Liese, W. (1979) Forstarchiv 50 (7/8), 141-144.
------- First reported in the USA in 1949. The threat to European oak forests is dicussed.

* Peacher, P. H.; Weiss, M. J.; Wolf, J. F. (1975) Plant Disease Reporter 59 (4), 303-304.
------- Survey of Quercus spp. during 1973-74 in 73 counties of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas showed that the oak wilt had not moved south since 1965.

* Rutze, M.; Liese, W. (1980) Mitteilungen, Bundesforschungsanstalt fur Forst- und Holzwirtschaft, Hamburg-Reinbek No. 128, 109 pp.
------- A comprehensive review of the (mainly American) literature on oak wilt is given.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Canada Present, restricted distribution view...
Canada Ontario Present, restricted distribution view...