EPPO Global Database

Ceratocystis ficicola(CERAFC)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2021
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2023/166) : first found in September 2021 near Salento (Puglia).

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/194) : detected in samples collected in 2022 in the municipality of Noto (Sicilia) from Ficus carica showing trunk necrosis.
References
* Crous PW, Akulov A, Balashov S, Boers J, Braun U, Castillo J, Delgado MA, Denman S, Erhard A, Gusella G, Jurjević Ž, Kruse J, Malloch DW, Osieck ER, Polizzi G, Schumacher RK, Slootweg E, Starink-Willemse M, van Iperen AL, Verkley GJM, Groenewald JZ (2023) New and Interesting Fungi. 6. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 11, 109–156. https://doi/org/10.3114/fuse.2023.11.09

* Habib W, Carlucci M, Manco L, Altamura G, Delle Donne AG, Nigro F (2023) First report of Ceratocystis ficicola causing wilt disease on common fig (Ficus carica) in Italy. Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-23-0464-PDN