Venturia nashicola is no longer present in France
In France, isolates of Venturia nashicola (EU Annexes) had been collected from several collections of nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. culta) in the 1990s (Le Cam et al., 2001). At that time, nashi was considered as a potentially new crop for France. However, due to high production costs, this crop was not developed any further and collections were no longer maintained. In 2013, there was less than 4 ha of nashi recorded in France and there are currently no registered French producers of nashi plants for planting. The NPPO of France stated that as general surveillance has not detected V. nashicola again, this fungus should be considered as no longer present.
The pest status of Venturia nashicola in France is officially declared as: Absent, pest no longer present.
Sources
Le Cam B, Devaux M, Parisi L (2001) Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction identification of Venturia nashicola using Internally Transcribed Spacer region in the ribosomal DNA. Phytopathology 91, 900–904.
NPPO of France (2017-09).