EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris'(PHYPAS)

Distribution details in India

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1992: Absent, invalid record
From CABI Disease map 056 (1976): Absent, unreliable record
Comments
Sharma & Saxena (1959) in Rev. Mycol. (Paris) refer to aster yellows-like symptoms on potato near Lucknow. Other phytoplasmas have since been described infecting potato in India (see Purple to-top wilt phytoplasma in QPE 2nd edition), and this record no doubt refers to one of them.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
China Present, restricted distribution view...
Myanmar Present, no details view...