EPPO Global Database

Apiosporina morbosa(DIBOMO)

Distribution details in Taiwan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1992: Absent, unreliable record
From CABI Disease map 048 (2002): Absent, unreliable record
From NPPO: Absent, unreliable record
Comments
The EPPO data sheet cites this record on pear, which is considered very dubious since this is not the normal host and there is no other record outside North America. The Taiwan Plant Protection Service also considers the report doubtful.
References
* Chao, G.P.; Wu, W.S. (1979) Mycological investigations on the cultivated plants at Highlands farms. Memoirs of the college of agriculture, National Taiwan university, 19, 87-95.
------- Considered dubious in QPE.