EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium'(PHYPPH)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Absent, pest no longer present
First recorded in: 2017
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/076) : found in one orchard in southeast Italy (Puglia).

EPPO Reporting Service (2024/155) : infested plants detected in 2017 and 2020 have been uprooted. Not detected during surveys in 2021-2023. Considered no longer present
References
* Nigro F, Sion V, Antelmi I, Choueiri E, Habib W, Bruno A, Boscia D (2020) First report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium’ on almond in Southern Italy. Plant Disease 104(1), 278. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-19-0157-PDN

* Personal communication of Dr Boscia to the EPPO Panel on Phytosanitary Measures (2024-03).

* Regione Puglia (2022) Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium in Puglia. Report intermedio. 7 pp