EPPO Global Database

Dickeya dianthicola(ERWICD)

Distribution details in United States of America (Texas)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/177) : reported for the time from Texas, causing blackleg on potato (Solanum tuberosum). This outbreak is associated with an infected seed potato lot originating from Wisconsin where the bacterium was detected during surveys conducted in 2015 and 2016 (Nasaruddin et al., 2019).
References
* Dickey RS (1979) Erwinia chrysanthemi: a comparative study of phenotypic properties of strains from several hosts and other Erwinia species. Phytopathology 69, 324.
------- Historical reference isolates from carnation (New York and Pennsylvania) and carrot (Texas).

* Nasaruddin AS, Charkowski AO, Babler BN, Perna NT, Glasner JD (2019) First report of Dickeya dianthicola causing blackleg on potato in Texas. Plant Disease 103(8), p 2121. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-19-0024-PDN
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Canada Present, restricted distribution view...