EPPO Global Database

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus(BURSXY)

Distribution details in Romania

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Absent, confirmed by survey
Comments
During the 2013 annual monitoring programme, several Bursaphelenchus species (B. abietinus, B. fraudulentus, B. fuchsi, B. hofmanni, B. poligraphi, B. willibaldi) were found but not B. xylophilus.

Absence confirmed during further studies conducted from 2015 to 2017 in 6 counties (Brașov, Dâmbovița, Hunedoara, Sibiu, Suceava and Timiș).
References
* Calin M, Costach C, Braasch H, Zaulet M, Buburuzan L, Petrovan V, Dumitru M, Mota M, Vieira P (2014) New reports of Bursaphelenchus species associated with conifer trees in Romania. Forest Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12163

* Mitrea-Calin M, Inácio ML, Cean M, Costache C, Rusinque L, Paraschiv M, Camacho MJ, Vieira P, Cristea S, Nobrega F (2020) First detection of Bursaphelenchus mucronatus (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) on Monochamus sutor (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Romania. Forest Pathology, e12578. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12578