EPPO Global Database

Erwinia amylovora(ERWIAM)

Distribution details in Serbia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1989
From CABI Disease map 002 (2017): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service 509/14 of 1991: found in south, southeast & central locations.

EPPO Reporting Service (1996/145) : in Serbia (north, west, south, Kosovo, Slavonia).

EPPO Reporting Service (1998/207) : according to the monograph of Panic & Arsenijevic (1996), the disease in 1990 was present in a small area west of Belgrade, in a few communes in southern Serbia, and in a very small area in Kosovo. In the years since then, the range has much extended: along the Hungarian border in the north, at several locations in Slavonia, scattered through southern Serbia, including at the Bulgarian border, in eastern Montenegro.

According to Ivanovic et al. (2012): symptoms of fireblight were first observed on pear and quince in the western part of the country, near the city of Sabac in 1989. The disease then spread accross the country infecting other species (apple, Mespilus germanica, Sorbus, Chaenomeles japonica, Pyrus pyrifolia, Pyrancantha, Crataegus and Cotoneaster horizontalis).
References
* Arsenijevic M, Panic M (1992) First appearance of fire blight, caused by Erwinia amylovora, on quince and pear in Yugoslavia. Plant Disease 76(12), 1283.

* Balaz J, Grahovac M, Radunovic D, Ilicic R, Krstic M (2013) The status of Erwinia amylovora in the Former Yugoslav Republics over the past two decades. Pesticides and Phytomedicine (Belgrade) 28(1), 2013, 9–22. https://doi.org/10.2298/PIF1301009B

* Gavrilovic V, Zivkovic S, Obradovic A, Milijasevic S, Arsenijevic M, Vojinovic M (2008) Sorbus sp - New host of Erwinia amylovora in Serbia. Acta Horticulturae No. 793, 351-355.

* Ivanovic M, Gasic K, Prokic A, Kuzmanovic N, Zlatkovic N, Obradovic A (2016) Screening for copper and antibiotic resistance in Erwinia amylovora population from Serbia. Acta Horticulturae No.1139, 715-719.

* Ivanovic M, Obradovic A, Gasic K, Minsavage GV, Dickstein ER, Jones JB (2012) Exploring diversity of Erwinia amylovora population in Serbia by conventional and automated techniques and detection of new PFGE patterns. European Journal of Plant Pathology 133(3), 545-557.
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* Krivokapic M, Gavrilovic V, Ivanovic M, Kuzmanovic N, Fira D, Obradovic A, Gasic K (2018) Characterization and population diversity of Erwinia amylovora strains originating from pome fruits in Serbia. Pesticides and Phytomedicine (Belgrade) 33(3-4), 175–184. https://doi.org/10.2298/PIF1804175K
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* NPPO of Yugoslavia (1991-01).

* Panic M, Arsenijevic M (1993) Outbreak, spread and economic importance of fire blight pathogen (Erwinia amylovora) in Yugoslavia. Acta Horticulturae 338, 89-91.

* Veljko G, Momcilo A, Milan P, Gordana J (1999) New occurrences of fire blight pathogen in Yugoslavia from 1992-1997. Acta Horticulturae No. 489, 105-106.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present, restricted distribution view...
Bulgaria Present, widespread view...
Croatia Present, restricted distribution view...
Hungary Present, restricted distribution view...
Montenegro Present, widespread view...
North Macedonia Present, widespread view...
Romania Present, widespread view...