EPPO Global Database

Ditylenchus destructor(DITYDE)

Distribution details in Australia (New South Wales)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2008: Absent, invalid record
From NPPO: Absent, invalid record
Comments
There was a single record of D. destructor found in mushroom compost (Anon., 1959). Since then, no other records were made. It is now considered that this was a confusion with Ditylenchus myceliophagus (NPPO of Australia, 2008).

EPPO Reporting Service (2008/106) : denied record.
References
* Anonymous (1959) The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 70, 648-650.

* NPPO of Australia (2008-06).