EPPO Global Database

Coniella granati(CONLGR)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2014
From CABI Disease map 1146 (2013): Present, no details
Comments
Observed since 2014 in pomegranate orchards in Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria.
References
* Mincuzzi A, Garganese F, Ippolito A, Sanzani SM (2016) First report of Pilidiella granati causing postharvest fruit rot on pomegranate in southern Italy. Journal of Plant Pathology 98(2), 377.

* Pollastro S, Dongiovanni C, Gerin D, Pollastro P, Fumarola G, De Miccolis Angelini RM, Faretra F (2016) First report of Coniella granati as a causal agent of pomegranate crown rot in Southern Italy. Plant Disease 100(7), p 1498.

* Van Niekerk JM, Groenewald JZ, Verkley GJM, Fourie PH, Wingfeld MJ, Crous PW (2004) Systematic reappraisal of Coniella and Pilidiella, with specific reference to species occurring on Eucalyptus and Vitis in South Africa. Mycological Research 108, 283-303.
-------- On Vitis vinifera.