Phoma exigua var. foveata and Globodera rostochiensis introduced into Sri Lanka
It has been reported at the Seventeenth Session of the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC) that Phoma exigua var. foveata (EPPO A2 organism) and Globodera rostochiensis (EPPO A2 organism) were detected for the first time in Sri Lanka. The potato cyst nematode was introduced into the country by imported seed potatoes.
Sources
Report of the Seventeenth Session of the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC), Kuala Lumpur 1991-10-2/7.
FAO, RAPA Publication No.2/1992