EPPO Global Database

Dickeya dianthicola(ERWICD)

Distribution details in Pakistan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2017
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/049) : first found in January 2017 in symptomatic potato plants in the Okara district (Punjab).
References
* Sarfraz S, Riaz K, Oulghazi S, Cigna J, Alam MW, Dessaux Y, Faure D (2018) First report of Dickeya dianthicola causing blackleg disease on potato plant in Pakistan. Plant Disease 102(10), 2027-2028.