EPPO Global Database

Clavibacter insidiosus(CORBIN)

Distribution details in New Zealand

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1993: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1970
From CABI Disease map 067 (2014): Present, widespread
From NPPO: Present, widespread
Comments
Once recorded only on South Island, but since found on North Island. Considered widespread in 1993, since then no further information.
References
* Close RC, Harvey IC, Sanderson FR (1982) Lucerne diseases in New Zealand and their control. In: Lucerne for the 80s. Agronomy Society of New Zealand Special Publication No. 1, 61-69.

* Gaunt RE (1978) Toxins of Corynebacterium insidiosum in resistance breeding in lucerne. Proceedings of the IVth International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, pp. 973-974.

* NPPO of New Zealand (1993).
------- Widespread.

* Stephen RC, Saville DJ, Harvey IC, Hedley J (1982) Herbage yields and persistence of lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) cultivars and the incidence of crown and root diseases. New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture 10(3), 323-332.