EPPO Global Database

Dryadomyces quercivorus(RAFFQU)

Distribution details in Japan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, widespread
From CABI Disease map 1026 (2008): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2003/067) : cause of massive oak mortality in Japan. Vectored by Platypus quercivorus.

EPPO Reporting Service (2007/070) : more details. Mainly along western coast of Honshu, but also southeast coast (Kii peninsula), and southern Kyushu.

According to Torii et al. (2011), mass mortality of Japanese oak trees became obvious in the 1980s (although it probably started in 1934 in the southern part of the Kyushu ilands) and it is now widespread in Japan.

According to Ozaki et al (2020), the disease has expanded through most parts of Japan, and in 2019, damage was reported in 38 out of the 47 prefectures.
References
* Esaki K, Kato K, Kamata N (2004) Agricultural and Forest Entomology 6(1), 71-82.

* Kobayashi M, Ueda A (2005) Journal of the Japanese Forest Society 87(5), 435-450.

* Kubono T, Ito S (2002) Mycoscience 43(3), 255-260.
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* Kuroda K, Osumi K, Oku H (2012) Reestablishing the health of secondary forests 'Satoyama' endangered by Japanese oak wilt: a preliminary report. Journal of Agricultural Extention and Rural Development 4(9), 192-198.

* Ozaki K, Ueda A, Tokuda S, Wada H, Kitajima H (2020) First report of an ambrosia beetle, Platypus quercivorus, vector of Japanese oak wilt, in Hokkaido, northern Japan, Journal of Forest Research, DOI: 10.1080/13416979.2020.1860453

* Takahashi Y, Matsushita N, Hogetsu T (2010) Spatial distribution of Raffaelea quercivora in xylem of naturally infested and inoculated oak trees. Phytopathology 100(8), 747-755.

* Torii M, Matsuda Y, Murata M, Ito S (2011) Spatial distribution of Raffaelea quercivora hyphae in transverse sections of seedlings of two Japanese oak species. Forest Pathology 41(4), 293-298.