EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora ramorum(PHYTRA)

Distribution details in Lithuania

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Absent, intercepted only
First recorded in: 2007
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, intercepted only (2023-06)
From CABI Disease map 978 (2013): Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2007/178) : surveys done from 2004 to beginning of 2007 did not detect P. ramorum.

EPPO Reporting Service (2007/188) : present, first found in 2007 in 1 nursery on potted Rhododendron which had been imported, under eradication.

Absence confirmed by 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 official surveys.

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/241) : found in 5 plants within a lot of 18 Rhododendron plants, in a garden centre located in the municipality of Dauparų - Kvietinių seniūnija, in Klaipėda region. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2020/029) : absent, intercepted only.
References
* Jovaisiene Z, Lane C (2006) First report of Phytophthora cactorum in Lithuania. Botanica Lithuanica 12(3), 197-199.

* Kliejunas JT (2010) Sudden oak death and Phytophthora ramorum: a summary of the literature. General Technical Report PSW-GTR-234. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station 234: 181 pp.

* NPPO of Lithuania (2007-11, 2016-04, 2017-03, 2018-03, 2019-04, 2019-07, 2020-02, 2021-06, 2023-06).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Latvia Absent, intercepted only view...
Poland Present, few occurrences view...