EPPO Global Database

Claviceps africana(CLAVAF)

Distribution details in Mexico

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2004: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1997
From CABI Disease map 715 (2006): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1998/114) : first found in Tamaulipas in 1997, later in Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan.

EPPO Reporting Service (1999/035) : also San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa and Veracruz.

EPPO Reporting Service (2004/118) : also Coahuila, Colima, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Morelos, Sonora.
References
* Velasquez-Valle, R.; Narro-Sanchez, J.; Mora-Nolasco, R.; Odvody, G.N. (1998) Spread of ergot of Sorghum (Claviceps africana) in Central Mexico. Plant Disease, 82(4), p 447.

* Velasquez-Valle, R.; Odvody, G.; Isakeit, T.; Williams, H. (1998) Spread of sorghum ergot in the USA and Mexico (S123). Abstracts of papers presented at the APS/ESA Joint Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, US, 1998-11-08/12. Phytopathology, 88(9), Supplement, 144 pp.

* Velásquez-Valle, R. ; Narro-Sánchez, J. ; Torres-Montalvo, H. (2001) Initial dissemination of ergot (Claviceps africana) of sorghum in Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Fitopatología, 19(1), 100-103. In Review of Plant Pathology, 82(2) February 2003, abst. 1157, p 185.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
United States of America Oklahoma Present, no details view...
United States of America Florida Present, no details view...
United States of America Nebraska Present, no details view...
United States of America Kansas Present, no details view...
United States of America Georgia Present, no details view...
United States of America Texas Present, no details view...
United States of America Mississippi Absent, unreliable record view...
United States of America Present, restricted distribution view...