EPPO Global Database

Tilletia indica(NEOVIN)

Distribution details in United States of America (Texas)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Absent, pest eradicated
Eradication in: 2010
From CABI Disease map 173 (1996): Present, no details
Comments
Seed batch from Arizona planted near Fabens and gave infected crop.

EPPO Reporting Service (1998/043): one infected wheat sample found in 1997, in San Saba county. Only positive record in USA for that year.

EPPO Reporting Service (2002/020) : in 2001, T. indica was detected for the first time in USA since 1997 outside the originally regulated areas. Found at a grain elevator in Young County (Texas), which with Throckmorton, Archer and Baylor counties are now also regulated.
References
* Anonymous (1997) 1997 National Karnal Bunt Survey Plan, USDA-APHIS PPQ. APHIS Web site on the INTERNET http://www.aphis.usda.gov

* Bonde, M.R.; Peterson, G.L.; Schaad, N.W.; Smilanick, J. (1997) Karnal bunt of wheat. Plant Disease, 81(12), 1370-1377.

* NAPPO Annual Meeting, Banff, Alberta (Canada), 2001-10-15/19.

* Stocks SD (2012) Areas in Arizona removed from Karnal bunt quarantine. NPDN First Detector Network News 7(1), p 5.
------- Quarantine was lifted in all regulated areas in April 2010.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Mexico Present, restricted distribution view...