EPPO Global Database

Ceratocystis platani(CERAFP)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1929
From CABI Disease map 1138 (2019): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Eastern States. First reported in 1929 in New Jersey (city of Gloucester).
References
* Engelbrecht CJB, Harrington TC, Steimel J, Capretti P (2004) Genetic variation in eastern North American and putatively introduced populations of Ceratocystis fimbriata f. platani. Molecular Ecology 13, 2999-3005.

* Jackson LWR, Sleeth HB (1935) A new disease affecting Platanus orientalis in the Eastern United States. Phytopathology 25, 22.

* Jackson LWR, Sleeth HB (1937) Disease killing plane trees. Forest Leaves 27(2), 5-6 (abst.).
------- Near Philadelphia (Pennsylvania).

* McCracken FI, Burkhardt EC (1977) Destruction of sycamore by canker stain in the Midsouth. Plant disease reporter 61 (11), 984-986.

* McCracken FI, Burkhardt EC (1979) Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 3 (1), 26-28.
------- Reported as a serious pathogen in a 4-year survey of canker diseases of natural Platanus stands and plantations in 9 Southern states.

* Spaulding P (1958) Diseases of foreign forest trees growing in the United States. Agriculture Handbook no. 139, USDA, 118 pp.

* Tsopelas P, Santini A, Wingfield MJ, de Breer ZW (2017) Canker stain: a lethal disease destroying iconic plane trees. Plant Disease 101(5), 645-658.
------- A review.