EPPO Global Database

Boeremia foveata(PHOMEF)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1993: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 1930s
From CABI Disease map 727 (1996): Present, widespread
From NPPO: Present, widespread
Comments
P. exigua var. foveata is of Andean origin and was probably introduced into Scotland in the 1930s with breeding material.

Including Guernsey. Found but not established in Jersey (locally established in Jersey according to EPPO DS 1982, widespread according to EPPO DS 1991).
References
* Boerema, G.H.; van Kesteren, H.A. (1981) Mycological diagnostic problems. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 11, 113-118.

* Herb. IMI, 1987.

* Otazu, V.; Boerema, G.H.; Mooi, J.C.; Salas, B. (1979) Possible geographical origin of Phoma exigua var. foveata, the principal causal organism of potato grangene. Potato Research 22, 333-338.