EPPO Global Database

Cryphonectria parasitica(ENDOPA)

Distribution details in Jersey

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, widespread
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: widely distributed (2023-11)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/217) : two isolated outbreaks have been detected on the island, under official control.

From NPPO (2023): at the end of 2023, detected in 12 individual trees at 10 locations across Jersey. Under surveillance, no eradication or management controls in place.
References
* NPPO of the United Kingdom (2022-10, 2023-11).

* Romon‐Ochoa P, Kranjec Orlović J, Gorton C, Lewis A, van der Linde S, Pérez‐Sierra A (2022) New detections of chestnut blight in Great Britain during 2019–2020 reveal high Cryphonectria parasitica diversity and limited spread of the disease. Plant Pathology 71(4), 793-804.
-------- Surveys conducted in 2019-2022 detected the disease in Jersey.