EPPO Global Database

Pantoea ananatis(ERWIAN)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Digitaria insularis (TRCIN) Wild/Weed
Digitaria setigera (DIGMB) Wild/Weed
Allium cepa (ALLCE) Host
* Carr EA, Bonasera JM, Zaid AM, Lorbeer JW, Beer SV (2010) First report of bulb disease of onion caused by Pantoea ananatis in New York. Plant Disease 94, 916. 

* De Armas S, Galván GA, Lapaz MI, González-Barrios P, Vicente E, Pianzzola MJ, Siri MI (2022) Phylogeny and identification of Pantoea species associated with bulb rot and bacterial leaf blight of onion crops in Uruguay. Plant Disease 106(4), 1216-1225.
Ananas comosus (ANHCO) Host
* Serrano FB (1928) Bacterial fruitlet brown rot on pineapple in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science 36, 271-305.
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis (BRSPK) Host
* Zhang Y, Zheng L, Gao H, Song Q, Gao J (2019) First report of a new bacterial leaf blight of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa pekinensis) caused by Pantoea ananatis in China. Plant Disease 103(11), p 2942.
------- On Chinese cabbage in Shandong province, China. 
Citrus x aurantium var. sinensis (CIDSI) Host
 * Das AK, Kumar A, Nerkar S, Chichghare SA, Pali PG (2020) First report of Pantoea ananatis causing fruitlet blight of Nagpur mandarin (Citrus reticulata) in India. New Disease Reports 41, 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2020.041.005
------- Confirmed host.
Cucumis melo (CUMME) Host
* Kido K, Adachi R, Hasegawa M, Yano K, Hikichi Y, Takeuchi S, Atsuchi T, Takikawa Y (2008) Internal fruit rot of netted melon caused by Pantoea ananatis (=Erwinia ananas) in Japan. Journal of General Plant Pathology 74, 302-312.
Cucumis sativus (CUMSA) Host
* Lao G, Jin P, Miao W, Liu W (2022) First report of leaf spot on cucumber caused by Pantoea ananatis in Hainan of China. Plant Disease (early view) https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0819-PDN
Fragaria x ananassa (FRAAN) Host
* Song P, Li G, Zhao Q, Lu G, Zhao X, Liu L, Song Y, Niu J, Zhou H (2023) First report of a new bacterial stem rot disease of strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa) caused by Pantoea ananatis in Jiangsu, China. Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-07-22-1662-PDN

* Sruti Bajpai, Pushp Sheel Shukla, Mohd Adil, Samuel Asiedu, Kris Pruski, Balakrishnan Prithiviraj (2020) First report of bacterial leaf blight of strawberry caused by Pantoea ananatis in Nova Scotia, Canada. Plant Disease 104(1), p 276.

* Zhang GF, Ye Z, Mao BZ, Lou TL, Shen L (2023) First report of Pantoea ananatis causing crown necrobiosis on strawberry in China. Plant Disease (early view). https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-22-2333-PDN
Oryza sativa (ORYSA) Host
* Arayaskul N, Poompouang S, Lithanatudom P, Lithanatudom SK (2020) First report of a leaf blight in rice (Oryza sativa) caused by Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea stewartii in Thailand. Plant Disease 104(2), p 562.

* Azizi MMF, Zulperi D, Rahman MAA, Abdul-Basir B, Othman NA, Ismail SI, Hata EM, Ina-Salwany MY, Abdullah MAF (2019) First report of Pantoea ananatis causing leaf blight disease of rice in peninsular Malaysia. Plant Disease 103, 2122. 

* Luna E, Lang JM, McClung A, Wamishe Y, Jia Y, Leach JE (2023) First report of rice bacterial leaf blight disease caused by Pantoea ananatis in the United States. Plant Disease 107(early view). https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-22-2014-PDN
Prunus persica (PRNPS) Host
* Liao L, Hei R, Tang Y, Liu S, Zhou J (2016) First report of soft rot disease of peach caused by Pantoea ananatis in China. Plant Disease 100, 516.
Punica granatum (PUNGR) Host
* Chathalingath N, Gunasekar A (2023) First report of Pantoea ananatis causing leaf blight disease of pomegranate in India. New Disease Reports 48(2), e12233. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12233
Zea mays (ZEAMX) Host
* Cui L, Zou C, Zhang Z, Duan L, Huang J, Wang L, Xiao W, Yang X, Xiang Y, Li W, Li X (2023) First report of maize white spot disease caused by Pantoea ananatis in China. Plant Disease 107(1), 210. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-22-0152-PDN

* Goszczynska T, Botha WJ, Venter SN, Coutinho TA (2004) Isolation and identification of the causal agent of brown stalk rot, a new disease of maize in South Africa. Plant Disease 91(6), 711-718.

* Toaza A, Caiza RB, Garrido A, Moreno C, Guevara JL, Regalado H, Ramos L, Flores F, Garrido P (2021) First report of Pantoea ananatis causing leaf spot disease of maize in Ecuador. Plant Disease 105(10), 3286. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-21-0298-PDN
Zea mays subsp. saccharata (ZEAMS) Host
* Zhang N, Li XF, Li YL, Lu WJ, Xie LH, Li GK (2023) First report of bacterial leaf streak in sweet corn caused by Pantoea ananatis in southeast China. Plant Disease 107(4), 1214.