EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Arsenophonus phytopathogenicus'(ARSEPH)

Distribution details in France

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1991
Comments
First observed in Eastern France in 1991 in sugar beet fields. The causes of the disease remained unclear for a long time. Currently considered to be mainly caused by 'Candidatus Arsenophonus phytopathogenicus' and transmitted by Pentastiridius leporinus.

EPPO Reporting Service (2002/017) : studies on the etiology of the disease and its transmission.

EPPO Reporting Service (2002/084) : studies on the etiology of the disease.

EPPO Reporting Service (2008/083) : studies on transmission of the disease by insect vectors.

EPPO Reporting Service (2012/221) : observed in the departments of Côte-d’Or, Saône-et-Loire (Bourgogne region), and Jura (Franche-Comté region).
References
* Bressan A, Sémétey O, Nusillard B, Clair D, Boudon-Padieu E (2008) Insect vectors (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) and pathogens associated with the disease syndrome ‘Basses Richesses’ of sugar beet in France. Plant Disease 92(1), 113-119.

* Gatineau F, Larrue J, Clair D, Lorton F, Richard-Molard M, Boudon-Padieu E (2001) A new natural planthopper vector of stolbur phytoplasma in the genus Pentastiridius (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). European Journal of Plant Pathology, 107(3), 263-271.

* Gatineau F, Jacob N, Vautrin S, Larrue J, Lherminier J, Richard-Molard M, Boudon-Padieu E (2002) Association with the syndrome ‘Basses Richesses’ of sugar beet of a phytoplasma and a bacterium-like organism transmitted by a Pentastiridius sp. Phytopathology 92(4), 384-392.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Germany Present, few occurrences view...
Switzerland Present, restricted distribution view...