EPPO Global Database

Clavibacter insidiosus(CORBIN)

Distribution details in Brazil

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Absent, pest no longer present
From CABI Disease map 067 (2014): Absent, pest no longer present
Comments
Found in experimental lucerne fields in the 1970s, presumably planted with imported infected seeds. Since no other records have been made, it can be considered that the bacterium has been found but did not establish in Ceara.
References
* Ponte JJ da, Almeida RT de (1972) A murcha bacteriana da alfalfa, no estado do Ceara. [Bacterial wilt of lucerne in the state of Ceara]. Revista de Sociedade Brasileira de Fitopatologia 5, 19-22 (in Portuguese).
------- Serious outbreak recorded in lucerne experimental fields.