EPPO Global Database

Erwinia pyrifoliae(ERWIPY)

Distribution details in Korea, Republic

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2007: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1998
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1999/134) : isolated from 1995 to 1998 in the region of Chuncheon (south) on necrotic P. pyrifolia, but in 1999 and 2000 it could not be isolated again in the previously affected orchards.
References
* Kim WS, Jock S, Paulin JP, Rhim SL, Geider K (2001) Molecular detection of differentiation of Erwinia pyrifoliae and host range analysis of the Asian pear pathogen. Plant Disease 85(11), 1183-1188.

* Kim WS, Rhim SL, Völksch B, Gardan L, Paulin JP, Jock S, Geider K (1998) Characterization of a new Erwinia species affecting Asian pear trees. Abstracts of papers presented at the 8th International Workshop on Fire Blight, Kusadasi (TR), 1998-10-12/15.

* Rhim SL, Völksch B, Gardan L, Paulin JP, Langlotz C, Kim WS, Geider K (1999) Erwinia pyrifoliae, an Erwinia species different from Erwinia amylovora, causes a necrotic disease of Asian pear trees. Plant Pathology 48(4), 514-520.

* Shrestha R, Lee SH, Kim JE, Wilson C, Choi SG, Park DH, Wang MH, Hur JH, Lim CK (2007) Diversity and detection of Korean Erwinia pyrifoliae strains as determined by plasmid profiling, phylogenetic analysis and PCR. Plant Pathology 56(6), 1023-1031.