EPPO Global Database

Clavibacter insidiosus(CORBIN)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Disease map 067 (2014): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria. In 2020, the NPPO of Australia confirmed that the bacterium has never been found in Western Australia (the earlier record in this state was erroneous).

EPPO Reporting Service (2020/235)
References
* Anon. (1974) 43rd Annual Plant Disease Survey for Year ending 20 June 1973, 34 pp. New South Wales Department of Agriculture, Rydalmere, Australia.

* Bradbury JF (1986) Guide to Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.

* Fahy PC (1974) Lucerne bacterial wilt. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 85(5), 38-39.

* NPPO of Australia (1993, 2020).