EPPO Global Database

Xanthomonas vesicatoria(XANTVE)

Distribution details in Barbados

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1990: Present, widespread
From CABI Disease map 269 (1987): Present, no details
Comments
Reporting Service 529/16 of 1992-11.

On the basis of currently available information, the pathogen may be X. vesicatoria, or X. euvesicatoria, or both.
References
* O'Garro, L.; Ward, P. (1991) Proceedings - Ninth Annual Conference Barbados Society of Technologists in Agriculture, Rockley Resort, Barbados, November 13 and 15, 1991, pp. 33-46.
------- Severe and widespread during the wet and dry seasons of 1988-89. Races 1-3 detected.

* Ward, H.P.; O'Garro, L.W. (1992) Bacterial spot of pepper and tomato in Barbados. Plant Disease 76, 1046-1048.
------- Detected in all of 72 farms surveyed. Races 1-3 present with race 1 most frequent.

* From CPPC
------- Present, no details