EPPO Global Database

Hymenoscyphus fraxineus(CHAAFR)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2009
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, only in some parts of Italy (2015-10)
From CABI Disease map 1060 (2013): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2010/018) : detected for the first time in 2009 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

EPPO Reporting Service (2015/191) : then also found in Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto regions. In 2014, it was detected in Emilia-Romagna where phytosanitary measures were taken.

EPPO Reporting Service (2016/050) : found in July 2015 in symptomatic Fraxinus excelsior trees in Montepiano (province of Prato), Toscana.

Migliorini et al. (2022): also recorded in Central Italy.
References
* Floreancig, V.; Marsich, F.; Montecchio, L. (2010) Sherwood - Foreste ed Alberi Oggi No.160, 12-13.

* Luchi N, Ghelardini L, Santini A, Migliorini D, Capretti P (2016) First record of ash dieback caused by Hymenoscyphus fraxineus on Fraxinus excelsior in the Apennines (Tuscany, Italy). Plant Disease 100(2), p 535.

* Migliorini D, Luchi N, Nigrone E, Pecori F, Pepori AL, Santini A (2022) Expansion of Ash Dieback towards the scattered Fraxinus excelsior range of the Italian peninsula. Biological Invasion. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02716-z

* NPPO of Italy (2009-11, 2015-10).

* Ogris N, Hauptman T, Jurc D, Floreancig V, Marsich F, Montecchio L (2010) First report of Chalara fraxinea on common ash in Italy. Plant Disease 94(1), p 133.

* Timmermann V, Borja I, Hietala AM, Kirisits T, Soldheim S (2011) Ash dieback: pathogen spread and diurnal patterns of ascospore dispersal, with special emphasis on Norway. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 41(1), 14-20.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, widespread view...
France Present, widespread view...
Slovenia Present, restricted distribution view...
Switzerland Present, no details view...