Solanum elaeagnifolium(SOLEL)
Distribution details in Tunisia
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1985
First recorded in: 1985
Introduced.
EPPO Reporting Service (2006/018) : first detected in the governorate of Kairouan, around 1985 (starting to become troublesome in Sbikha). Locally abundant, and actively spreading.
EPPO Reporting Service (2011/064) : first collected in the Kairouan region, it has since spread to the whole governorate in orchards and field crops (in particular in vegetable crops).
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/023) : more details about the situation in Tunisia.
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/249) : now recorded in Sousse, Mahdia, Sidi Bouzid, Sfax, and Zaghouan.
EPPO Reporting Service (2006/018) : first detected in the governorate of Kairouan, around 1985 (starting to become troublesome in Sbikha). Locally abundant, and actively spreading.
EPPO Reporting Service (2011/064) : first collected in the Kairouan region, it has since spread to the whole governorate in orchards and field crops (in particular in vegetable crops).
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/023) : more details about the situation in Tunisia.
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/249) : now recorded in Sousse, Mahdia, Sidi Bouzid, Sfax, and Zaghouan.
* Mekki M (2006) Potential threat of Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. To the Tunisian fields. In Brunel S (Ed.) (2006) Invasive plants in Mediterranean Type Regions of the World. Council of Europe publishing. Strasbourg. 430 pp (in press).
* Omezine A (2011) Introduction récente de certaines adventices des cultures en Tunisie. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 41(1), 77-84.
* Sayari N, Brundu G, Mekki M (2016) Mapping and monitoring an invasive alien plant in Tunisia: Siliverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium) a noxious weed in agricultural areas. Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection 11, 219-228.
* Sayari N, Brundu G, Soilhi Z, Mekki M (2022) Solanum elaeagnifolium invasiveness under semi-arid environmental conditions in Tunisia. Earth 3, 1076–1086. https://doi.org/10.3390/earth3040062
* Omezine A (2011) Introduction récente de certaines adventices des cultures en Tunisie. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 41(1), 77-84.
* Sayari N, Brundu G, Mekki M (2016) Mapping and monitoring an invasive alien plant in Tunisia: Siliverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium) a noxious weed in agricultural areas. Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection 11, 219-228.
* Sayari N, Brundu G, Soilhi Z, Mekki M (2022) Solanum elaeagnifolium invasiveness under semi-arid environmental conditions in Tunisia. Earth 3, 1076–1086. https://doi.org/10.3390/earth3040062
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Present, restricted distribution | ||
| Libya | Present, no details |