EPPO Global Database

Erwinia amylovora(ERWIAM)

Distribution details in Estonia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2012
Eradication in: 2016
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent (2017-02)
From CABI Disease map 002 (2017): Absent, pest eradicated
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2001/175) : absent.

EPPO Reporting Service (2003/022) : confirmed as absent.

EPPO Reporting Service (2004/023) : confirmed as absent.

EPPO Reporting Service (2010/040) : confirmed as absent during 2008 official surveys (189 sites inspected and 124 samples tested).

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/004) : first outbreak detected in May 2012 on a Pyrus communis tree (private garden in the county of Viljandi). Later in 2012, 5 more samples were found positive. No new outbreak sites detected in 2013. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2017/044) : official surveys (2013 to 2016) have confirmed the absence of the bacterium.

EU (2019): Estonia is a protected zone for Erwinia amylovora.
References
* Estonian Agricultural Board. Plant Health Department. Press release of 2012-07-17 (in Estonian). http://www.pma.agri.ee/index.php?id=95&y=2012&nID=73

* EU (2019) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019. http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2019/2072/2020-08-16

* NPPO of Estonia (2001-12, 2002-12, 2004-02, 2009-11, 2017-02).

* Presentation made at the EPPO Council Colloquium on contingency planning (Bykovo, RU, 2013-09-19). http://archives.eppo.int/MEETINGS/2013_conferences/council_colloquium.htm
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Latvia Absent, pest eradicated view...
Russia Central Russia Present, restricted distribution view...
Russia Present, restricted distribution view...
Russia Far East Absent, unreliable record view...
Russia Southern Russia Present, restricted distribution view...