EPPO Global Database

Elsinoë australis(ELSIAU)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2010
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: not widely distributed and under official control (2021-12)
From CABI Disease map 055 (2012): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
First detected in July 2010 and currently known to occur in Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and portions of California and Alabama (NAPPO, 2021).

EPPO Reporting Service (2011/224) : first found in citrus in private gardens in Texas. Then, also detected in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, and Arizona, mainly on urban citrus trees. Under official control.

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/116) : also in California.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/096) : first detected in Alabama. Under official control.
References
* Kunta M, Rascoe J, Sa PB, Timmer LW, Palm ME, Graça JV, Mangan RL, Malik NS, Salas B, Satpute A, Sétamou M (2013) Sweet orange scab with a new scab disease" syndrome" of citrus in the USA associated with Elsinoë australis. Tropical Plant Pathology 38, 203-212.

* NAPPO Phytosanitary Pest Alert System. Official Pest Reports. USA. hhttps://pestalerts.org/official-pest-reports
- Elsinoë australis (causal agent of Sweet Orange Scab): APHIS adds Baldwin and Mobile Counties in Alabama to the Domestic Quarantine Area (2021-12-17).
- Elsinoë australis (Sweet Orange Scab) - APHIS Establishes Quarantined Areas in California for Sweet Orange Scab (SOS) and Revises the Conditions for Movement of Regulated Fruit and Nursery Stock under the SOS Quarantine (2016-10-14).
- Detection of sweet orange scab (Elsinoë australis) in Texas and Louisiana (2010-08-23)
- Detection of sweet orange scab (Elsinoë australis) in Mississippi (2010-12-03)
- Quarantine areas established for sweet orange scab (Elsinoë australis) (2010-12-23)
- Detection of sweet orange scab (Elsinoë australis) in Florida and Arizona (2011-01-21)
- Update for sweet orange scab (Elsinoë australis) in Florida and Arizona (2011-04-04)

* Stock SD (2014) Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus and sweet orange scab detected in California. NPDN First Detector Network News 9(1), p 4.