EPPO Global Database

Dickeya dianthicola(ERWICD)

Distribution details in Finland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, restricted distribution
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present (2011-01)
Comments
According to Hannukkala (2011), potato black leg and soft rot caused by D. dianthicola-like and other Dickeya species increased rapidly in 2007-2009 in the potato production chain.
References
* EFSA (2013) EFSA Panel on Plant Health. Scientific Opinion on the risk of Dickeya dianthicola for the EU territory with identification and evaluation of risk reduction options. EFSA Journal 11(1), 3072, 115 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3072
------- Present on seed and ware potato since 2004, unknown distribution.

* Hannukkala AO (2011) Examples of alien pathogens in Finnish potato production – their introduction, establishment and consequences. Agricultural and Food Science 20, 42-61.

* Laurila J, Joutsjoki T, Lehtinen A, Ahola V, Hannukkala A & Pirhonen M (2006) Characterisation of erwinias causing blackleg and soft rot in Finland. NJF report2 1, 25.

* NPPO of Finland (2011-01).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Norway Absent, no pest record view...
Russia Eastern Siberia Present, no details view...
Russia Present, restricted distribution view...
Russia Central Russia Present, no details view...
Sweden Present, no details view...