Updates on pest status in Austria
The NPPO of Austria recently provided an update for the following pests to the EPPO Secretariat. The pest statuses have also been updated in EPPO Global Database.
Pest name | Category | Pest status | Comments | Categorization* |
Aphelenchoides fragariae | Nematode | Present: no details | A. fragaria is regularly found on strawberries in Austria | EU RNQP |
Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi | Nematode | Present: no details | A. ritzemabosi is regularly found in Austria | EU RNQP |
Xiphinema rivesi | Nematode | Absent: pest not recorded | - | EPPO A2 list |
Liriomyza bryoniae | Insect | Present: not widely distributed and not under official control | L. bryoniae occurs occasionally in glasshouse production. | EU PZ Quarantine pest |
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona | Insect | Present: no details | Found regularly on Morus alba. | EU RNQP |
Xylosandrus crassiusculus | Insect | Absent: intercepted only | Only found during import inspections of wood packing material | EPPO Alert list (formerly) |
Diaporthe helianthi | Fungus | Present: not widely distributed and under official control | First findings in 1990 on Helianthus annuus, currently only of minor significance in sunflower production. | RNQP for Austria |
Peronospora manshurica | Fungus | Present: no details | Regularly detected in the national reference laboratory on seeds of Glycine max. | |
Tilletia controversa | Fungus | Present: not widely distributed and under official control | RNQP for Austria on seeds of Triticum aestivum, Triticum durum, Secale cereale, × Triticosecale | |
Uromyces viciae-fabae | Fungus | Present: widely distributed | Of minor significance in Vicia faba production | |
Potato S virus (Carlavirus sigmasolani) | Virus | Present: widely distributed | Regularly detected on Solanum tuberosum | EU RNQP |
Leek yellow stripe virus (Potyvirus ampeloprasi) | Virus | Present: not widely distributed and under official control | Regularly detected on Allium sativum. | EU RNQP |
Rhaponticum repens (syn. Centaurea repens) | Plant | Absent: pest not recorded | EPPO List of Invasive Alien Plants | |
Pistia stratiotes | Plant | Present: no details | Was introduced to botanical gardens and used as an ornamental plant in ponds and aquariums | EPPO A2 list, EU IAS of Union Concern |
* EU RNQP: pest regulated as regulated non-quarantine pest in Regulation (EU) 2019/2072
EU PZ Quarantine pest: pest regulated as protected zone quarantine pest in Regulation (EU) 2019/2072
EU IAS of Union Concern: species regulated by Regulation (EU) 1143/2014
Sources
NPPO of Austria (2026-06).