EPPO Global Database

Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae(CORBPO)

Distribution details in Germany

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Absent, pest eradicated
Eradication in: 2023
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated (2023-01)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/014) : isolated cases on Euphorbia pulcherrima plants. All infected plants have been destroyed and the disease is considered eradicated.

From NPPO (2018): Found again in 2018-08 and 2018-10 in Schleswig-Holstein. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/104) : During trace-back investigations in relation with this first outbreak, C. flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae was found in Baden-Württemberg (municipality of Stuttgart) in November 2016. The pathogen is considered eradicated in Baden-Württemberg. In Schleswig-Holstein, C. flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae was found in two greenhouses on plants of E. pulcherrima 'Scandic Early’ in August and in October 2018. Measures are taken to avoid the spread of the pathogen. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/031) : found in 2021 in Baden-Württemberg. Eradicated.
References
* NPPO of Germany (2016-12, 2018-10, 2018-11, 2019-03, 2023-01).