November 5, 2004
From: ProMED-mail<promed@promedmail.org>
Source: European Plant Protection Organization (EPPO), Reporting Service,
2004 No. 8 [edited]

2004/118 New data on quarantine pests and pests of the European Plant Protection Organization alert list

By browsing through the CABI Abstracts, the EPPO Secretariat has extracted the following new data concerning quarantine pests and pests included on the EPPO Alert List. The situation of the pest concerned is indicated in
bold, using the terms of ISPM no. 8.

New records

[Note: Only those major food crops covered by ProMED-Plant are listed in this report. - Mod.DH]

Beet necrotic yellow vein benyvirus (EPPO A2 list) occurs in Ukraine (Nurmukhammedov & Vasileva, 2003). Present, no details.

In Moldova, the 1st outbreaks of _Erwinia amylovora_ (EPPO A2 list) were recorded in 1996 and 1997. Severe outbreaks were observed throughout the country and led to destruction of apple and pear orchards. Despite strict
phytosanitary measures, local outbreaks of the disease have been reported consistently from numerous fruit-growing areas (Nicolaev et al., 2002). Present, no details.

Iris yellow spot virus (EPPO Alert List) was detected for the 1st time in Australia, infecting onions and leeks (Coutts et al., 2003). Present, no details.

_Stenocarpella macrospora_ (EPPO A2 list) occurs in maize crops in Uganda (Bigirwa et al., 2002). Present, no details.

Tomato yellow leaf curl begomovirus (EPPO A2 list) occurs in Nepal (Malla et al., 2002). Present, no details.

Detailed records

In Mexico, _Claviceps africana_ (EPPO Alert List) is spreading. It is now present in Coahuila, Colima, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Morelos and Sonora states (Velasquez-Valle et al., 2001).

Tomato yellow leaf curl begomovirus (TYLCV - EPPO A2 list) occurs in Kyushu, Japan. The virus found showed 98 percent similarity with TYLCV-Is (Onuki et al., 2004).

_Xanthomonas vesicatoria_ (EPPO A2 list) is considered as one of the limiting factors for tomato and capsicum production in Sinaloa, Mexico (Carrillo-Fasio et al., 2001).

_Xanthomonas vesicatoria_ (EPPO A2 list) occurs in Himachal Pradesh, India (Shukla et al., 2003).

Source:

Almeida, I.M.G.; Destefano, S.A.; Rodrigues Neto, J.; Malavolta Junior, V.A. (2003) Southern bacterial wilt of geranium caused by _Ralstonia solanacearum_ biovar2/race 3 in Brazil. Revista de Agricultura (Piracicaba), 78(1), 49-56. In Review of Plant Pathology, 82(12) December 2003, abst. 9965, p 1571.

Bigirwa, G.; Warren, H.; Willson, H.; Kyamanywa, S.; Kalule, T.M. (2002) The effects of inter-cropping maize with beans on maize diseases infestation. Muarik Bulletin, no. 5, 1-8. In Review of Plant Pathology, 83(3) March 2004, abst. 1737, p 272.

Carrillo-Fasio, J.A.; Garcia-Estrada, R.S.; Allende-Molar, R.; Marquez-Zequera, I.; Millan-Ocampo, S.; Gaxiola-Espinoza, G. (2001) Sensitivity of _Xanthomonas campestris_ pv. vesicatoria (Doidge) dye strains to copper. Revista Mexicana de Fitopatologia, 19(1), 72-77. In Review of Plant Pathology, 82(2) February 2003, abst. 1477, p 235.

Coutts, B.A. ; McMichael, L.A. ; Tesoriero, L. ; Rodoni, B.C. Wilson, C.R. ; Wilson, A.J. ; Persley, D.M.; Jones, R.A.C. (2003) Iris yellow spot virus found infecting onions in 3 Australian states. Australasian Plant Pathology, 32(4), 555-557.

Malla, S.; Sah, D.N.; Manandhar, R.; Pokharel, D. (2002) Assessment of cultural practices in managing tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) under the hill conditions. Working Paper ­ Lumle Agricultural Research Centre, no. 2002/29, 8 pp. In Review of Plant Pathology, 82(9) September 2003, abst. 7086, p 1119.

Dal Bo, E.; Enrico, J.M.; Sisterna M.; Carranza, M. (2003) The virus in forest species. Revista de la Facultad de Agronomia (Universidad de Buenos Aires), 23(1), 93-98. In Review of Plant Pathology, 83(3) March 2004, abst.
2129, p 331.

Gianetti, G.; Garofalo, M.C.; Morone, C.; Scortichini, M. (2004) 1st report of _Erwinia amylovora_ in Piedmont. Informatore Agrario, 60(5), 62-63. Nicolaev, A.N.; Laux, P.; Zeller, W.; (2002) Fire blight in the Republic of Moldova: present status of its occurrence and characteristics of its pathogen _Erwinia amylovora_. Acta Horticulturae, no. 590, 95-98. In Review of Plant Pathology, 82(5) May 2003, abst. 3661, p 578.

Nurmukhammedov, A.K.; Vasileva, N.A. (2003) Forecast of rhizomania spread in the Ukraine. Sakharnaya-Svekla, no. 2, 26-27. In Review of Plant Pathology, 82(8) August 2003, abst. 6397, p 1008.

Onuki, M.; Ogawa, T.; Uchikawa, K.; Kato, K.; Hanada, K. (2004) Molecular characterization and strain-specific detection of the Tomato yellow leaf curl virus occurring in Kyushu, Japan. Bulletin of the National Agricultural Research Center for Kyushu Okinawa region, no. 44, 55-77. In Review of Plant Pathology, 83(8) August 2004, abst. 6188, p 965.

Shukla, A.; Shyam, K.R.; Gupta, S.K. (2003) Bacterial spot of tomato (_Xanthomonas vesicatoria_) and its management ­ a review. Agricultural Reviews, 24(2), 123-129. In Review of Plant Pathology, 83(8) August 2004,
abst. 6173, p 963.

Velasquez-Valle, R. ; Narro-Sanchez, J. ; Torres-Montalvo, H. (2001) Initial dissemination of ergot (_Claviceps africana_) of sorghum in Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Fitopatologia, 19(1), 100-103. In Review of Plant Pathology, 82(2) February 2003, abst. 1157, p 185.

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[3 phytobacteria, 2 fungi and 4 viruses were recorded in this report. 2 diseases appear to be of particular significance: _Claviceps africana_ in 6 Mexican states; and _Xanthomonas vesicatoria_, which is limiting production of tomato and capsicum in Sinaloa, Mexico. - Mod.DH]