EPPO Global Database

Diaporthe vaccinii(DIAPVA)

Distribution details in Lithuania

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2000
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent: pest eradicated (2020-12)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2004/085) : first found in 2000/2002, in botanic garden in Kaunas, then in 2003 in a plantation of Vaccinium corymbosum. All infested plants were destroyed. Survey started in 2003 found D. vaccinii on cultivated Vaccinium at 11 locations and on wild V. oxycoccos at 1 location. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2006/144) : 7 outbreaks. Official control continues.

From NPPO (2008): detected in 2007 on Vaccinium macrocarpon in a Botanical garden (Vytauto Didzioja University, Kaunas). In 2007, surveys were done in 27 production sites of Vaccinium and in forests (365 ha). D. vaccinii was not detected in forests in 2007 (no details were given for production sites).

EPPO Reporting Service (2011/083) : no longer detected in 2009.

Absence confirmed by official surveys in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
References
* NPPO of Lithuania (2004-05, 2004-06, 2006-09, 2008-07, 2010-06, 2016-04, 2017-03, 2018-03, 2019-04, 2020-02, 2021-06).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belarus Absent, unreliable record view...
Latvia Present, restricted distribution view...
Poland Absent, pest eradicated view...
Russia Absent, unreliable record view...