EPPO Global Database

Dothistroma septosporum(SCIRPI)

Distribution details in Estonia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2006
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, under eradication (2009-11)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/067) : first detected in 2006 in a Pinus nigra stand. It has been detected in forest plantations and ornamental Pinus trees in the Southern and South-Eastern parts of Estonia.

EPPO Reporting Service (2010/040) : the NPPO declared that the pathogen has been detected in garden centres during the 2008 official surveys and is under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/116) : found in Järvelja, southeastern Estonia, on Abies concolor. Later also found on Abies alba.
References
* Drenkhan R, Adamson K, Jürimaa K, Hanso M (2014) Dothistroma septosporum on firs (Abies spp.) in the northern Baltics. Forest Pathology. doi:10.1111/efp.12110

* Drenkhan R, Hantula J, Vuorinen M, Jankovsky L, Müller MM (2013) Genetic diversity of Dothistroma septosporum in Estonia, Finland and Czech Republic. European Journal of Plant Pathology 136(1), 71-85.
------- High diversity may suggest either a long presence in Northern Europe, or a recent introduction as a massive inoculum from an unknown direction.

* Hanso M, Drenkhan R (2008) First observations of Mycosphaerella pini in Estonia. Plant Pathology 57(6), p 1177.

* NPPO of Estonia (2009-11)
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Latvia Present, restricted distribution view...
Russia Far East Present, few occurrences view...
Russia Present, few occurrences view...
Russia Central Russia Present, few occurrences view...