EPPO Global Database

Colletotrichum acutatum(COLLAC)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Disease map 705 (1996): Present, no details
Comments
First introduced to UK in 1983 on strawberry runners from California. Recent outbreaks have been associated with infected runner plants from mainland Europe.
References
* Calleja EJ, Ilbery B, Spence NJ, Mills PR (2012) The effectiveness of phytosanitary controls in preventing the entry of Colletotrichum acutatum in the UK strawberry sector. Plant Pathology 62(2), 266-278.
------- A review of the outbreaks of C. acutatum in the UK and an analysis of the phytosanitary controls.

* Reed PJ, Dickens JSW, O'Neill TM (1996) Plant Pathology 45 (2), 245-248.
------- On ornamental lupins.

* Simpson DW, Winterbottom CQ, Bell JA, Maltoni ML (1994) Euphytica 77 (1/2), 161-164.