Eurytoma samsonovi(EURTSA)
Distribution details in Tunisia
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2015
First recorded in: 2015
EPPO Reporting Service (2023/012) : first found causing massive premature fruit fall in apricot orchards in the oasis of Gafsa. Then found in other apricot production areas.
* Wannassi T, Harbi A, Abbes K, Elimem M, Delvare G, Chermiti B (2022) Emergence of the apricot seed wasp Eurytoma samsonowi Vassiliev (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) as an economic pest of apricots in Tunisia. Phytoparasitica 50, 837-852.
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