EPPO Global Database

Clavibacter sepedonicus(CORBSE)

Distribution details in Greece

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1992: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Disease map 020 (2006): Present, no details
Comments
From EPPO DS 1978: recent published evidence showed that the earlier records of ring rot were almost certainly of brown rot caused by Ralstonia solanacearum.

EPPO DS 1992 status is: unconfirmed.

EPPO Reporting Service (2001/122) : first detected in 1997 in Kriti. Confirmed as widespread in the island in 1998.
References
* Goumas, D.E.; Chatzaki, A.K.; Troulakis, J.; Louskas, K.; Giannoulis, J. (2001) The ring rot disease of potato caused by Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus. Present status in Crete. Abstract of a paper presented at the 9th Hellenic Phytopathological Congress, Athens, Greece, 1998-10-20/22. Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 40(1), p 75.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bulgaria Present, few occurrences view...
Türkiye Present, few occurrences view...