EPPO Global Database

Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens(CORBFL)

Distribution details in Iran

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2013
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/079) : first found during summer 2013 in lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus cv. Christmas Pole) in Northwestern Iran.

2024: Some reports correspond to Curtobacterium aurantiacum.
References
* Afkhamifar A, Moslemkhani C, Hasanzadeh N, Razmi J (2023) Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens with antagonistic effect on Xanthomonas translucens pv. cerealis, plays a dual role in the legumes-wheat rotation system. European Journal of Plant Pathology 165(4), 611-621.
------- detected in more than 40% of wheat samples taken from Fars, Markazi, Lorestan and West Azerbaijan provinces.

* Osdaghi E (2014) Bacterial wilt of lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) caused by Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens, a new disease in Iran. Journal of Plant Pathology 96(suppl.), S4.118.
------- On Phaseolus lunatus.

* Osdaghi E, Lak MR (2015) Occurence of a new orange variant of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens, causing common bean wilt in Iran. Journal of Phytopathology 163(10), 867-871.
------- On Phaseolus vulgaris.

* Osdaghi E, Sardrood BP, Bavi M, Oghaz NA, Kimiaei S, Hadian S (2015) First report of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens causing cowpea bacterial wilt in Iran. Journal of Phytopathology 163(7-8), 653-656.
------- On Vigna unguiculata.

* Osdaghi E, Taghavi SM, Fazliarab A, Elahifard E, Lamichhane JR (2015) Characterization, geographic distribution and host range of Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens: an emerging bacterial pathogen in Iran. Crop Protection 78, 185-192.
------- Spreading in Iran, found in the provinces of Alborz, Fars, Ghazvin, Lorestan, Markazi, West Azerbaijan, Zanjan.

* Osdaghi E, Taghavi SM, Hamidizade M, Kariminejhad M, Fazliarab A, Maleki HH, Baeyen S, Taghouti G, Jacques M-A, Van Vaerenbergh J, Portier P (2024) Multiphasic investigations imply transfer of orange-/red-pigmented strains of the bean pathogen Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens to a new species as C. aurantiacum sp. nov., elevation of the poinsettia pathogen C. flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae to the species level as C. poinsettiae sp. nov., and synonymy of C. albidum with C. citreum. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 47, 126489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2024.126489


Situation in neighbouring countries
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Türkiye Present, few occurrences view...