EPPO Global Database

Meloidogyne luci(MELGLC)

Distribution details in Portugal (Azores)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2019
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/171) : first found in Pico Island in a garden. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/143) : found of Ilha Terceira. Under eradication.
References
* NPPO of Portugal (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