EPPO Global Database

Elsinoë fawcettii(ELSIFA)

Distribution details in Australia (Queensland)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, no details
Comments
From country itself (1992): var. scabiosa only. Present in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Victoria. Absent from inland citrus production areas in New South Wales and Victoria.
References
* CABI maps no. 125 (1986) and no. 161 for Sphaceloma fawcetii var. scabiosa (1990, based on Jenkins et al., loc. cit. 326, 328).

* Jeffress S, Arun-Chinnappa K, Stodart B, Vaghefi N, Tan YP, Ash G (2020) Genome mining of the citrus pathogen Elsinoë fawcettii; prediction and prioritisation of candidate effectors, cell wall degrading enzymes and secondary metabolite gene clusters. PLoS One 15(5):e0227396.

* NPPO of Australia (1992).