EPPO Global Database

Fusarium circinatum(GIBBCI)

Distribution details in Chile

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Disease map 753 (2012): Present, no details
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2001/176) : confirmed by Wingfield et al. (2001) in New Disease Reports.

EPPO Reporting Service (2002/098) : further details, in 3 nurseries in one region.

NAPPO News Story of 2002-04-01

Duran et al. (2008) noted that pitch canker occurs in forestry nurseries in Chile but has not been found in the field.
References
* Durán A, Gryzenshout M, Slippers B, Ahumada R, Rotella A, Flores F, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2008) Phytophthora pinifolia sp. nov. associated with a serious needle disease of Pinus radiata in Chile. Plant Pathology 57(4), 715-727.

* Ganley, R. J.; Watt, M. S.; Manning, L.; Iturritxa, E. (2009) Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39 (11), 2246-2256.

* Jacobs, A.; Coutinho, T. A.; Wingfield, M. J.; Ahumada, R.; Wingfield, B. D. (2007) South African Journal of Science 103 (5/6), 253-257.

* Moraga-Suazo, P.; Opazo, A.; Zaldua, S.; Gonzalez, G.; Sanfuentes, E. (2011) Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research 71 (3), 412-417.
------- Present in nurseries and clonal hedges from Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region to Los Rios Region.

* NPPO of Chile (2002-04).

* Wingfield, M.J.; Jacobs, A.; Coutinho, T.A.; Ahumada, R.; Wingfield, B.D. (2002) First report of the pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum, on pines in Chile. New Disease Reports, volume 4, August 2001- January 2002. http://www.bspp.org.uk/ndr/