EPPO Global Database

Hemileia vastatrix(HEMIVA)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2020
Comments
First found in Hawaii in 2020 in Maui Island. Then also found in Hawaii, Lanai, Oahu and Holualoa.

On the mainland: first found in Florida in November 2021 on young seedlings of Coffea arabica var. caturra in a residence in Naples (Collier county). All infested coffee seedlings were destroyed and the fungus has not been detected since then.
References
* INTERNET
Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (2020) Department of agriculture news release: coffee leaf rust confirmed on Maui and tentatively found on Hawai`i island. https://governor.hawaii.gov/newsroom/department-of-agriculture-news-release-coffee-leaf-rust-confirmed-on-maui-and-tentatively-found-on-hawaii-island/

* Keith LM, Sugiyama LS, Brill E, Adams BL, Fukada M, Hoffman KM, Ocenar J, Kawabata A, Kong AT, McKemy JM, Olmedo-Velarde A, Melzer MJ (2022) First report of coffee leaf rust caused by Hemileia vastatrix on coffee (Coffea arabica) in Hawaii. Plant Disease 106(2), p 761. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-21-1072-PDN
------- Hawaii.

* Ramírez-Camejo LA, Keith LM, Matsumoto T, Sugiyama L, Fukada M, Brann M, Moffitt A, Liu J, Aime MC (2022) Coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix) from the recent invasion into Hawaii shares a genotypic relationship with Latin American populations. Journal of Fungi 8(2), 189. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8020189.

* Urbina H, Aime MC (2024) First US continental record of coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix) on coffee (Coffea arabica) in Southwest Florida, USA. Plant Disease 108(1), 228.
------- Incursion in Florida.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Mexico Present, no details view...