EPPO Global Database

Aphelenchoides besseyi(APLOBE)

Distribution details in Brazil

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, no details
From CABI Disease map 796 (2000): Present, no details
Comments
Reporting Service 521/04 of 1992-03: infested plantlets of Marantaceae from Brazil intercepted in NL.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/001) : on Guinea yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) in the states of Alagoas and Sergipe

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/079) : on Vigna unguiculata in the state of Alagoas.
References
* Favoreto L, Meyer MC (2019) O nematoide da haste verde. Circular Técnica no. 147, EPAMIG & EMBRAPA, 11 pp. https://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/bitstream/doc/1109351/1/CIRCULARTECNICA147.pdf
------- Severe outbreaks on soybean (Glycine max) in Amapá, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, and Tocantins.

* Huang, C. S.; Cupertino, F. P.; Martinelli, N. M. (1977) Pest Articles and News Summaries 23 (1), 65-67.
------- Widespread in central-west Brazil.

* Noronha MA, Assunção MC, Costa MGS, Muniz MFS, Favoreto L, Sercero BC, Machado ACZ (2020) First report of Aphelenchoides besseyi causing leaf spot on yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) in Brazil. Plant Disease 104(11), 3083. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-20-0511-PDN

* Noronha MD, Assunção MC, Muniz MD, Machado AC (2023) Aphelenchoides besseyi causing leaf spot on cowpea under field conditions in Brazil. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 18, 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13314-023-00496-0
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Argentina Absent, invalid record view...