EPPO Global Database

Tilletia indica(NEOVIN)

Distribution details in Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Absent, pest no longer present
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1995/243)

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/076) : a single record of T. indica was made in 1993 (Luz et al., 1993). This isolated finding was associated with wheat grain and without any confirmation of establishment. Since 1999, T. indica has been officially recognized as absent from Brazil.
References
* Da Luz WC, Mendes MAS, Ferreira V, Urben AF (1993) [Tilletia indica on wheat in the southern part of Rio Grande do Sul and means for its eradication]. Fitopatologia Brasileira 18, 329 (In Portuguese).

* FAO/IPGRI Technical Guidelines for the safe movement of small grain temperate cereals (1995), FAO/IPGRI, Rome (IT).

* Mendes MAS, Ferreira MASV (1994) Fungos patogênicos detectados em germoplasma vegetal introduzido no Brasil de 1990 a 1992. Fitopatologia Brasileira 19(3), 449-454.

* NPPO of Brazil (2022-04).