EPPO Global Database

Xanthomonas hortorum pv. gardneri(XANTGA)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, no details
Comments
Since the first occurrence in 1995, bacterial spot caused by X. gardneri reoccurred in Pennsylvania tomato fields in 2001 and consecutively from 2003 to 2009 (Kim et al., 2010).

EPPO Reporting Service (2012/014) : present in Ohio and Michigan.

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/004) : occurs in Indiana.
References
* Egel DS, Jones JB, Minsavage GV, Creswell T, Ruhl G, Maynard E, Marchino C (2018) Distribution and characterization of Xanthomonas strains causing bacterial spot of tomato in Indiana. Plant Health Progress. doi:10.1094/PHP-07-18-0041-BR
------- Indiana.

* Kim SH, Olson TN, Peffer ND, Nikolaeva EV, Park S, Kang S (2010) First report of bacterial spot of tomato caused by Xanthomonas gardneri in Pennsylvania. Plant Disease 94(5), p 638.

* Ma X, Lewis Ivey ML, Miller SA (2011) First report of Xanthomona gardneri causing bacterial spot of tomato in Ohio and Michigan. Plant Disease 95(2), p 1584.

* Schwartz AR, Potnis N, Timilsina S, et al. (2015) Phylogenomics of Xanthomonas field strains infecting pepper and tomato reveals diversity in effector repertoires and identifies determinants of host specificity. Frontiers in Microbiology 6(535) doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00535.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Canada Present, no details view...
Canada Ontario Present, no details view...