EPPO Global Database

Clavibacter michiganensis(CORBMI)

Distribution details in Cyprus

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2005: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1998
From CABI Disease map 026 (2009): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (99/059): Symptoms first observed in 1998-07 in field-grown tomatoes in Eftagonia (Limassol district), then Odou (Larnaca district) and Pharmaca (Nicosia district). Incidence was 5-90%. Cvs were A178, A179 and Graciella (last less infected). Identification confirmed by Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Athens.

EPPO Reporting Service (2010/041) : in spring 2005, it was detected in tomato crops in the districts of Nicosia (Pyrgos), Larnaca (Odou, Melini, Vavatsinia) and Limassol (Parekklisia).
References
* Ioannou, N.; Psallidas, P. G.; Glynos, P. (2000) Journal of Phytopathology 148 (6), 383-386.
------- First record.

* NPPO of Cyprus (1999-03).

* Papayannis LC (2008) Detection and identification of bacterial disease infecting tomato crops in Cyprus. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 47(2), p 147.