EPPO Global Database

Cryptostroma corticale(CRPSCO)

Distribution details in Russia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2021
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2024/091) : presence was first confirmed in 2021 on dying Acer psuedoplatanus trees in the Kislovodsk National Park (Stavropol krai, Southern European Russia). However, earlier unconfirmed observations had been made in 2020 in European Russian (locality not specified).
References
* Gninenko YI, Chilakhsaeva EA, Seraya LG, Larina GE, Yufereva VV, Bondareva EV, Yarylchenko TN (2024) First report of Cryptostroma corticale, a causative agent of the sooty bark disease of maples, in Russia. Russian Journal of Biological Invasions 15(1), 26-31.
-------- First report.