EPPO Global Database

Verticillium dahliae(VERTDA)

Distribution details in Tunisia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2006
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2007/210) : first found in spring 2006 on melon (Cucumis melo) in the Chott Mariem and Souassi regions.
References
* Jabnoun-Khiareddine H, Daami-Remadi M, Ayed F, El Mahjoub M (2007) First report of verticillium wilt of melon caused by Verticillium dahliae in Tunisia. Plant Pathology 56(4), p 726.
------- On melons

* Jabnoun-Khiareddine H, Daami-Remadi M, Ayed F, El Mahjoub M (2008) First report of verticillium wilt of artichoke caused by Verticillium dahliae in Tunisia. Plant Pathology 57(2), p 378.
------- On artichokes in Chott Mariem region.

* Nouri MT, Rhouma A, Yahgmour MA, Mnari-Hatteb M, Jraidi B, Hajlaoui MR (2012) First report of wilt of almond caused by Verticillium dahliae in Tunisia. New Disease Reports 26, 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2012.026.019
------- On almond trees.

* Triki MA, Krid S, Hsairi H, Hammemi I, Ioos R, Gdoura R, Rhouma A (2011) Occurrence of Verticillium dahliae defoliating pathotypes on olive trees in Tunisia. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 50(2), 267-272.
------- On olive trees.