EPPO Global Database

Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens(CORBFL)

Distribution details in Bulgaria

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2026: Present, no details
From CABI Disease map 370 (1999): Absent, unreliable record
From NPPO: Absent, pest no longer present
Comments
Probably only found intermittently in imported seed lots. Now declared absent by Bulgarian NPPO, but there are published records from the 1980s.

EPPO Reporting Service (2004/077) : systematic seed tests in 2002/2003 were all negative. Declared absent.

Kizheva et al. (2024): suspicion of C. flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens to be confirmed.

Lyubenova A (2026): reported in Bulgaria on soybean
References
* Boyadzhiev, Kh.; Kakumkova, P. (1985) Rasteniev"dni Nauki 22 (6), 95-98.

* Kizheva Y, Pandova M, Dimitrova M, Gladicheva Y, Garkova M, Pirnareva D, Donchev D, Moncheva P, Hristova P (2024) First Report of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens in Bulgaria. Pathogens 13(6), 483. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13060483

* Lyubenova A (2026) Phytophthora sojae and other pathogens on soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) detected in Bulgaria. Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science 32(4), 928–936. https://doi.org/10.61308/gznpdg81

* NPPO of Bulgaria, 2004-05.

* Radkov, P.; Nedelchev, N. (1975) Rastitelnozashchitna Nauka No.1/2, 55-63.
------- As Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens on beans
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Greece Transient view...
Romania Absent, pest no longer present view...
Serbia Absent, pest no longer present view...
Türkiye Present, few occurrences view...