EPPO Global Database

Meloidogyne luci(MELGLC)

Distribution details in Portugal

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2013
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, under eradication, only in some parts of the Member State concerned, at low prevalence (2022-06)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/217) : first detected in 2013. Surveys confirmed its presence in a potato field in the municipality of Cantanhede (near Coimbra).

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/133) : detected again in 2017 in Figueira da Foz and Montemor-o-Velho (near Coimbra) in tomato, Cordyline australis, and Oxalis corniculata.

EPPO Reporting Service (2020/171) : found in Pico Island which is part of the Azores islands. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/143) : found of Ilha Terceira which is part of the Azores islands. Under eradication.
References
* Maleita C, Esteves I, Cardoso JMS, Cunha MJ, Carneiro MDG, Abrantes I (2017) Meloidogyne luci, a new root-knot nematode parasitizing potato in Portugal. Plant Pathology 67(2), 366-376.

* Maleita C, Esteves I, Cardoso JMS, Cunha MJ, Carneiro MDG, Abrantes I (2017) First report of Meloidogyne luci in Portugal – a potential threat to the potato crop. Abstract of a paper presented at the 32nd Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists (Braga, PT, 2016-08-28/09-01).

* NPPO of Portugal (2017-11, 2020-07, 2022-06).

* Rusinque L, Nobrega F, Cordeiro L, Serra C, Inácio ML (2021) First detection of Meloidogyne luci (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae) parasitizing potato in the Azores, Portugal. Plants 10, 99. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10010099

* Santos D, Correia A, Abrantes I, Maleita C (2019) New hosts and records in Portugal for the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne luci. Journal of Nematology 51. DOI: 10.21307/jofnem-2019-003