EPPO Global Database

Cyperus esculentus(CYPES)

Distribution details in Switzerland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2011/208) : details on the management methods applied in Switzerland.

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/101) : Control strategy against Cyperus esculentus in Switzerland
References
* Bohren C (2014) Searching for a control strategy against yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus L.). Abstract of the 4th International Symposium on Environmental Weeds and Invasive Plants, Montpellier (FR), 2014-06-19/23.

* Bohrens C, Wirth J (2013) Souchet comestible (Cyperus esculentus L.): situation actuelle en Suisse. Recherche Agronomique Suisse 4(11-12), 460-467.
------- Problematic weed which is spreading. Present in several cantons (Bern, Fribourg, Lucerne, St Gallen, Ticino, Thurgau, Vaud, Zoug, Zürich).

* Confédération Suisse (2011) Souchet comestible : agir avant qu’il ne soit trop tard! (in French). http://www.news.admin.ch/message/?lang=fr-id=39355
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, restricted distribution view...
France Corse Present, no details view...
France Present, no details view...
Germany Present, no details view...
Italy Sicilia Present, no details view...
Italy Present, no details view...