EPPO Global Database

Ditylenchus dipsaci(DITYDI)

Distribution details in New Zealand

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2002: Present, widespread
From CABI Disease map 791 (2009): Present, widespread
From NPPO: Present, widespread
Comments
From country itself (1992): three biotypes are recognized in legumes in New Zealand: white clover race, red clover race and lucerne race. Also recorded from onions, shallots, garlic, oats, English bluebells, gladioli, hyacinths, daffodils, phlox, narrow and broad-leaved plantains, ryecorn, potatoes, wheat and beans.
References
* Boesewinkel, H. J. (1982) Australasian Plant Pathology 11 (4), 40-43.
------- First record from Nerine sarniensis in New Zealand.

* Dale, P.S. (1972) List of plant hosts of nematodes in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Science 15, 442-448.

* Knight, K. W. L.; Hill, C. F.; Sturhan, D. (2002) Australasian Plant Pathology 31 (1), 93-94.

* Mercer, C. F. (1994) New Zealand Journal of Zoology 21 (1), 57-65.

* NPPO of New Zealand (1993).

* Watson, R. N. (1988) Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed and Pest Control Conference No. 41, 121-125.

* Wood, F. H. (1972) Proceedings of the New Zealand Weed and Pest Control Conference No. 25, 116-121.
------- North and South Islands.