EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora boehmeriae(PHYTBM)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Absent, invalid record
From CABI Disease map 203 (1998): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1998/33) : indicates presence in New South Wales and Queensland.

Burguess et al. (2021): Sequenced isolates from Australia have been reclassified as P. gondwanensis. All other isolates of P. boehmeriae in Australia without molecular data are unconfirmed, and therefore, this species may be absent.
References
* Burgess TI, Edwards J, Drenth A, Massenbauer T, Cunnington J, Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa R, Dinh Q, Liew EC, White D, Scott P, Barber PA (2021) Current status of Phytophthora in Australia. Persoonia-Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 47(1), 151-177. https://doi.org/10.3767/persoonia.2021.47.05

* Herb. IMI (1962).

* D'Souza, N. K.; Webster, J. L.; Tay, F. C. S. (1997) Australasian Plant Pathology 26 (3), 204.
------- First record, State Forest near Nannup.

* Gerrettson-Cornell, L. (1976) APPS Newsletter 5 (1), 8-9.
------- Newcastle district, associated with Eucalyptus pilularis.

* Oxenham, B. L. (1963) Report of the Department of Agriculture of Queensland 1962-1963, 23-24.
------- First record, on Pinus patula roots at Yarraman.