EPPO Global Database

Monilinia fructicola(MONIFC)

Distribution details in Chile

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2013
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present but managed (2020-03)
Comments
From country itself (1992): declared never to occur, but no supporting information available.

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/052) : first found in 2013, restricted to Prunus orchards between Santiago and Nancagua (Central Chile), under official control.

The fungus occurs in some communes of Metropolitan, Maule, O´Higgins fregions and in some areas of Coquimbo region (IPPC, 2020).
References
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports
– Chile (CHL-24/3 of 2017-06-29) 2017, June - Current status of official control of Monilinia fructicola.https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/chile/pestreports/2014/10/2014-oct-current-status-of-official-control-of-monilinia-fructicola/
- Chile (CHL-24/4 of 2020-04-03) - Update of the above. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/chile/pestreports/2014/10/2014-oct-current-status-of-official-control-of-monilinia-fructicola/

* Latorre BA, Díaz GA, Valencia AL, Naranjo P, Ferrada EE, Torres R, Zoffoli JP (2014) First report of Monilinia fructicola causing brown rot on stored Japanese plum fruit in Chile. Plant Disease 98(1), p 160.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Argentina Present, no details view...
Bolivia Present, no details view...
Peru Present, no details view...