EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora ramorum(PHYTRA)

Distribution details in Estonia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Absent, confirmed by survey
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, confirmed by survey, pest eradicated, intercepted only (2018-02)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2004/150) : not found in a survey in 2004.

EPPO Reporting Service (2010/040) : detected 3 times in garden centres on imported plants from Poland and the Netherlands. Eradicated.

From NPPO (2018): 1 outbreak was found in 2012 on Rhododendron plants in 1 nursery. All infected plants were destroyed and annual official surveys in nurseries and public parks in 2004-2017 have confirmed the absence of the pest. P. ramorum has occasionally been detected in consignments originating from other EU member states.
References
* Kliejunas JT (2010) Sudden oak death and Phytophthora ramorum: a summary of the literature. General Technical Report PSW-GTR-234. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station 234, 181 pp.

* NPPO of Estonia (2004-11, 2009-11, 2018-02).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Latvia Absent, intercepted only view...