EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora ramorum(PHYTRA)

Distribution details in Greece

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2010
From CABI Disease map 978 (2013): Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2012/078) : found in 1 nursery on Rhododendron in April 2010 (Fthiotis prefecture), under eradication.

From NPPO (2022): the pathogen has been successfully eradicated and is no longer present in Greece.
References
* NPPO of Greece (2022-08).

* Tsopelas P, Paplomatas E, Tjamos SE, Soulioti N, Elena K (2011) First report of Phytophthora ramorum on Rhododendron in Greece. Plant Disease 95(2), p 223.