EPPO Global Database

Amaranthus palmeri(AMAPA)

Distribution details in Japan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2009: Present, no details
Comments
Recorded in Isobe in Sagamihara City, Yamanoue-cho.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/145) : herbicide resistant plants recorded in 3 ports (three ports (Kashima, Hakata and Mizushima).
References
* INTERNET GBIF, Amaranthus palmeri, data published by the National Museum of nature and Science, Japan.
http://www.gbif.org/species/5384393

* Shimono A, Kanbe H, Nakamura S, Ueno S, Yamashita J, Asai M (2020) Initial invasion of glyphosate-resistant Amaranthus palmeri around grain-import ports in Japan. People, Plants, Planet 2, 640-648.