EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora boehmeriae(PHYTBM)

Distribution details in Greece

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1998: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1993
From CABI Disease map 203 (1998): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1998/033): first outbreak on cotton in Larissa and Volos counties in 1993-08, further outbreaks in 1995-08/09 in Trikala and Phthiotis counties. Serious boll rot, here reported for the first time in the EPPO region.
References
* Elena, K.; Paplomatas, E. J. (1998) Phytoparasitica 26 (1), 20-26.
------- Larissa and Volos Counties in 1993; Trikala and Phthiotis in 1995.

* Paplomatas, E. J.; Elena, K.; Lascaris, D. (1995) Plant Disease 79 (8), 860.
------- First record in Europe, Larissa County, 1993.