EPPO Global Database

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis(FUSAAL)

Distribution details in Morocco

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1880
From CABI Disease map 240 (1994): Present, no details
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
See maps in EPPO Reporting Service 505/12. First observed in 1880. All Moroccan date palm oases are affected, except in Marrakech region, but this may be because the local soils are suppressive.
From country itself: Marrakech date palm oases free from pest. In vitro resistant cultivar production programme at Meknes.

EPPO Reporting Service (1997/152) : f.sp. canariensis, specific to Phoenix canariensis, has also been found in Morocco (1987).
References
* Carpenter JB (1973) Fiftieth Annual Date Growers' Institute Meeting, Coachella Valley, California, March 2, 1973, pp. 11-12. Indio, California, USA.

* Khoulassa S, Elmoualij B, Benlyas M, Meziani R, Bouhlali ED, Houria B, Alaoui YE, Haridas S, Guo J, Lipzen A, Hurtado CV (2022) High-quality draft nuclear and mitochondrial genome sequence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis strain 9, the causal agent of Bayoud disease on date palm. Plant Disease 106(7), 1974-1976.
-------- Strain isolated from an infected date palm tree in the Tafilalet Valley.

* NPPO of Morocco (1992).

* Sedra MH (2011) The Bayoud (vascular wilt) of date palm in North Africa: situation, research achivements and applications. Acta Horticulturae no. 994, 59-76.
------- A review of the disease with a map.

* Tantaoui A, Ouiten M, Geiger JP, Fernandez D (1997) Use of a PCR-based assay for specific identification of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. albedinis causing Bayoud disease of date palm in Morocco. Proceedings of the 10th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union, 1997-06-01/05, Montpellier (FR), 319-322.

* Toutain G (1970) Awamia 35, 155-161.
------- The spread of an active focus at Zagora Experimental Station is described.

* Toutain G (1972) Awamia 42, 65-75.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Algeria Present, restricted distribution view...
Mauritania Present, restricted distribution view...
Spain Absent, invalid record view...
Spain Islas Canárias Absent, invalid record view...