EPPO Global Database

Castanea sativa(CSNSA)

Pests

Organism Type
Agrilus bilineatus (as Castanea) (AGRLBL) Host
Jendek E & Poláková J (2014) Host Plants of World Agrilus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). A Critical Review. (Springer). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08410-7
Anoplophora chinensis (as Castanea) (ANOLCN) Host
* Lim J, Jung S-Y, Lim J-S, Jang J, Kim K-M, Lee Y-M, Lee B-W (2014) A review of host plants of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) with new host records for fourteen Cerambycids, including the Asian longhorn beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis Motschulsky), in Korea. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 53(2), 111-133.

* Sjöman H, Östberg J & Nilsson J (2014) Review of host trees for the wood-boring pests Anoplophora glabripennis and Anoplophora chinensis: an urban forest perspective. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 40(3), 143–164.
Bretziella fagacearum (CERAFA) Host
* Himelick EB, Fox HW (1961) Experimental studies on control of oak wilt disease. University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station and Illinois Natural Hisotry Survey. Bulletin 680, 48 pp.
Chondrostereum purpureum (STERPU) Host
* Bishop GC (1978) Studies on silver leaf disease of stone and pome fruit trees (Doctoral dissertation, Adelaide, Australia), 155 pp. https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/20649/2/02whole.pdf
Comstockaspis perniciosa (QUADPE) Host
* Ben-Dov Y, German V (2003) A systemic catalogue of the Diaspididae (armoured scale insects) of the world, subfamilies Aspidiotinae, Comstockiellinae and Odonaspidinae. Intercept Ltd, Andover UK, 1111 pp.
Corythucha arcuata (CRTHAR) Host
* Csóka G, Hirka A, Mutun S, Glavendekić M, Mikó Á, Szőcs L, Paulin M, Eötvös CB, Gáspár C, Csepelényi M, Szénási Á, Franjević M, Gninenko Y, Dautbašić M, Muzejinović O, Zúbrik M, Netoiu C, Buzatu A, Bălăcenoiu F, Jurc M, Jurc D, Bernardinelli I, Streito JC, Avtzis D, Hrašovec B (2020), Spread and potential host range of the invasive oak lace bug [Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832) – Heteroptera: Tingidae] in Eurasia. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 22: 61-74. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12362
------- confirmed host.
Cronartium quercuum (as Castanea) (CRONQU) Host
Cryphonectria parasitica (as Castanea) (ENDOPA) Host
Cydia splendana (as Castanea) (LASPSL) Host
Lymantria mathura (LYMAMA) Host
* Roonwal ML (1979) Field-ecological studies on mass eruption, seasonal life-history, nocturnal feeding and activity rhythm, and protective behavior and coloration in the sal defoliator, Lymantria mathura (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae), in sub-Himalayan forests. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 75, 209-236.
------- A host plant in India.
Massicus raddei (as Castanea) (MALLRA) Host
Megaplatypus mutatus (PLTPMU) Host
* Allegro G, Griffo R (2008) I rischi di diffusione di Megaplatypus mutatus. L'informatore Agrario no. 13, 73-76.

* Griffo R, Pesapane G, Funes H, Gonzalez-Audino P, Germinara GS (2012) Diffusione e controllo di platipo in Campania. L'informatore Agrario no. 31, 66-68.
Oemona hirta (OEMOHI) Host
* Plant-SyNZ. Landcare Research (NZ). Host plants of a herbivore -Oemona hirta. http://plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz/index.asp). Last accessed 2021-06.
Phymatotrichopsis omnivora (PHMPOM) Host
* Anonymous (1960) Index of Plant Diseases in the United States. Agriculture Handbook no 165, USDA-ARS (US) 531 pp.
Phytophthora cinnamomi (PHYTCN) Host
Phytophthora cryptogea (PHYTCR) Host
Phytophthora kernoviae (PHYTKE) Host
* EPPO (2013) Pest risk management for Phytophthora kernoviae and Phytophthora ramorum. EPPO, Paris.
Phytophthora ramorum (PHYTRA) Host
* Brasier C, Denman S, Brown A & Webber J (2004) Sudden oak death (Phytophthora ramorum) discovered on trees in Europe. Mycological Research 108(10), 1108-1110.
Ramularia endophylla (RAMUEN) Host
Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca (XYLEFP) Host
* Greco D, Sabella E, Carluccio G, Delle Donne AG, De Bellis L, Luvisi A (2023) Xylella fastidiosa, possible new threat to chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) in Italy. Horticulturae 9(12), 1315. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9121315
Xylosandrus germanus (XYLBGE) Host
* Contarini M, Vannini A, Giarruzzo F, Faccoli M, Moralez‐Rodriguez C, Rossini L, Speranza S (2020) First record of Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in the Mediterranean scrubland in Southern Italy, and its co‐presence with the co‐generic species X. compactus (Eichhoff) and X. crassiusculus (Motschulsky). EPPO Bulletin 50(2), 311-315

* Hauptman T, Pavlin R, Grošelj P, Jurc M (2019) Distribution and abundance of the alien Xylosandrus germanus and other ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in different forest stands in central Slovenia. iForest 12, 451-458. https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor3114-012
Cryphonectria parasitica (ENDOPA) Major host
* Lovat C‐A, Donnelly DJ (2019) Mechanisms and metabolomics of the host–pathogen interactions between chestnut (Castanea species) and chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica). Forest Pathology 49, e12562. https ://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12562 

* Rigling D & Prospero S (2018) Cryphonectria parasitica, the causal agent of chestnut blight: invasion history, population biology and disease control. Molecular Plant Pathology 19(1), 7-20.

* Turchetti T, Maresi G, Santagada A (1991) [Cryphonectria parasitica blight on different hosts in the Cilento region, S. Italy]. Monti e Boschi 42(5), 54-58 (in Italian).
Curculio elephas (CURCEL) Major host
* Caliskan S, Göltaş M, Aslan V, özer G, Tandogan M, Sezgin G, Cebeci (2020) Variation in fruit traits and infestation ratios in natural sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) populations under chestnut weevil (Curculio elephas) damage. Biologia 75, 2287–2294.

* Jimenez A, Lopez MA, Gonzalez-Adujar JL, Ocete ME, Soria FJ (2008) [Spatial distribution and mapping of Curculio elephas Gyllenhal in holm oak (Quercus ilex L.). Agrociencia 12(1), 35-43 (in Spanish).

* Soria FJ, Villagran M, Martin P, Ocete ME (1997) [Study about the distribution of fruits affected by Curculio elephas (Gyllenhal) (Col., Curculionidae) in cork-oak (Quercus súber Linné). Boletin de Sanidad Vegetal, Plagas 23(2), 289-294 (in Spanish).
Dryocosmus kuriphilus (DRYCKU) Major host
* Brussino G, Bosio G, Baudino M, Giordano R, Ramello F, Melika G (2002) Dangerous exotic insect for the European chestnut. Informatore Agrario 58, 59-61.
Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi (GNMPCA) Major host
* Lione G, Danti R, Fernandez-Conradi P, Ferreira-Cardoso JV, Lefort F, Marques G, Meyer JB, Prospero S, Radocz L, Robin C, Turchetti T, Vettraino AM, Gonthier P (2019) The emerging pathogen of chestnut Gnomoniopsis castanaeae: the challenge posed by a versatile fungus. European journal of Plant Pathology 153(3), 671-685.
------- Pathogen often associated with nut rot and bark canker.