EPPO Global Database

Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi(PSDMAX)

Distribution details in India

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, no details
From CABI Disease map 1093 (2015): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/117) : this pathovar of P. syringae was first observed from Aesculus indica in India (in 1980) but no further information could be found on the extent or severity of the disease it may cause in India or in other Asian countries.
References
* Durgapal JC, Singh B (1980) Taxonomy of pseudomonads pathogenic to horse chestnut, wild fig and wild cherry in India. Indian Phytopathology 33, 533-535 (abst.).

* Mullett, M. S.; Webber, J. F. (2013) Forest Pathology 43 (5), 371-378.

* NCPPB (1980)

* Webber JF, Parkinson NM, Rose J, Stanford H, Cook RTA, Elphinstone JG (2008) Isolation and identification of Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi causing bleeding canker of horse chestnut in the UK. Plant Pathology 57(2), p 368.