EPPO Global Database

Dickeya dianthicola(ERWICD)

Distribution details in Serbia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2018
Eradication in: 2025
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated (2025-07)
Comments
an outbreak on potato occurred in 2018 and 2019 in three fields in the Bačka region. Eradication measures were implemented. No other outbreak has been recorded to date. Absent, pest eradicated.
References
* Marković S, Stanković S, Jelušić A, Iličić R, Kosovac A, Poštić D, Popović T (2021) Occurrence and Identification of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliensis and Dickeya dianthicola causing blackleg in some potato fields in Serbia. Plant Disease 105(4), 1080-1090.
------- D. dianthicola associated with potato blackleg outbreaks on three fields in 2 consecutive years (2018, 2019) in a main potato growing area (Bačka region, Vojvodina).

* NPPO of Serbia (2025-07).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bulgaria Present, few occurrences view...
Hungary Absent, unreliable record view...
Romania Present, restricted distribution view...