EPPO Global Database

Dickeya dianthicola(ERWICD)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, no details
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: but managed (2016-07)
Comments
Established in the USA. Several outbreaks of potato blackleg have been reported from the USA since 2014.
References
* Boluk G, Arif M (2019) First report of Dickeya dianthicola as a causal agent of bacterial soft rot of potato in Hawaii. Plant Disease 103(11), p 2943.
------- On potatoes in Hawaii.

* Curland RD, Mainello A, Perry KL, Hao J, Charkowski AO, Bull CT, McNally RR, Johnson SB, Rosenzweig N, Secor GA, Larkin RP, Gugino BK, Ishimaru CA (2021) Species of Dickeya and Pectobacterium Isolated during an outbreak of blackleg and soft rot of potato in Northeastern and North Central United States. Microorganisms 9(8), 1733. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9081733
------- Historical reference isolate from sweet potato collected in Georgia.

* Dickey RS (1979) Erwinia chrysanthemi: a comparative study of phenotypic properties of strains from several hosts and other Erwinia species. Phytopathology 69, 324.
------- Historical reference isolates from carnation (New York and Pennsylvania) and carrot (Texas).

* Ge T, Jiang H, Johnson SB, Larkin RP, Charkowski AO, Secor G, Hao J (2021) Genotyping Dickeya dianthicola causing potato blackleg and soft rot outbreak associated with inoculum geography in the United States. Plant Disease 105(7), 1976-1983.

* Jiang HH, Hao JJ, Johnson SB, Brueggeman RS, Secor G (2016) First report of Dickeya dianthicola causing blackleg and bacterial soft rot on potato in Maine. Plant Disease 100(7), p 2320.
------- First outbreak on potato in Maine.

* Ma X, Schloop A, Swingle B, Perry KL (2018) Pectobacterium and Dickeya responsible for potato blackleg disease in New York State in 2016. Plant Disease 102(9), 1834-1840.
------- Dickeya dianthicola, Pectobacterium parmentieri, P. atrosepticum were found to be associated with potato blackleg disease in New York State in 2016.

* NAPPO Phytosanitary Pest Alert System. Official Pest Reports. USA (2016-07-08) APHIS Classifies the Potato Blackleg Pathogen, Dickeya dianthicola. https://www.pestalerts.org/oprDetail_print.cfm?oprid=663

* Parkinson N, Stead D, Bew J, Heeney J, Tsror L, Elphinstone J (2009) Dickeya species relatedness and clade structure determined by comparison of recA sequences. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 59, 2388–93.
------- Historical reference isolate (NCPPB 394) from chrysanthemum collected in Ohio in 1957.

* Rosenzweig N, Steere L, Kirk WW, Mambetova S, Long C, Schafer R, Dangi S, Byrne J (2016) First report of Dickeya dianthicola and Pectobacterium wasabiae causing aerial stem rot of potato in Michigan, USA. New Disease Reports 33, 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2016.033.010
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Canada Present, restricted distribution view...