EPPO Global Database

Globodera rostochiensis(HETDRO)

Distribution details in Australia (Western Australia)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 1986
Eradication in: 2010
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated (2010-09)
From CABI Disease map 778 (1999): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
First found in September 1986 in Munster, a suburb near Perth. In total, 6 sites were found infested within a 5 km radius. An eradication programme was implemented. Since 1989, no further detections have been made.

EPPO Reporting Service (2011/031) : eradication was successfully achieved in Western Australia.
References
* INTERNET (last accessed in 2011-02)
IPPC website. Pest reports (AUS-39/1) Australia. Eradication of potato cyst nematode (PCN) from Western Australia. https://www.ippc.int/

* Navaratnam SJ (1988) Quarterly Newsletter, Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission, FAO, Thailand 31 (2), 16.
------- Detected on 4 properties in the Perth metropolitan area in Oct. 1986. The total area affected was 5.7 ha; the area was quarantined and eradication was attempted.

* Stanton JM (1987) Journal of Agriculture - Western Australia 28 (1), 9-11.
------- First recorded in Australia in 1986 at Munster, 10 km south of Perth.

* Stanton JM (1990) Quarterly Newsletter - Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission 33 (1), 12-16.