EPPO Global Database

Cryphonectria parasitica(ENDOPA)

Distribution details in Germany

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1980s
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, only in parts of Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate) (2017-03)
From CABI Disease map 066 (2015): Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1994/28) : two locations in Baden-Württemberg, one of a plot about 1 ha, showing symptoms for 6-8 years, the other a single plot. Infected trees were felled and used a fuel.

In 1996, an outbreak was found at one site in Rheinland-Pfalz (area about 0.4 ha). Infected trees were felled and destroyed by burning and chemical treatment. A surrounding buffer zone of about 40 ha will be subject to detection surveys until 2000.

EPPO Reporting Service (1998/32) : two more infected trees were found in 1997-08 in the buffer zone around the above outbreak. All Quercus and Castanea trees felled in a surrounding zone of 15-20 m. Site will remain under surveillance.

EPPO Reporting Service (2017/086) : found on 2 trees growing in a forest during a research project on sweet chestnuts in Bavaria. Before this finding, the fungus was known to occur in Germany only in parts of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate.
References
* NPPO of Germany (1998-01, 2017-03).

* Peters FS, Busskamp J, Prospero S, Rigling D, Metzler B (2014) Genetic diversification of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica and its associated hypovirus in Germany. Fungal Biology 118(2), 193-210.
------- Genetic studies on fungal populations present in Baden-Württemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz.

* Seemann D, Unger JG (1993) Rindenkrebs der Esskastanie in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Nachrichtenblatt des Deutschen Pflanzenschutzdienstes 45, 120-122.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, restricted distribution view...
Belgium Present, restricted distribution view...
Czech Republic Present, few occurrences view...
France Corse Present, no details view...
France Present, restricted distribution view...
Netherlands Present, few occurrences view...
Poland Absent, pest eradicated view...
Switzerland Present, widespread view...