EPPO Global Database

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical race 4(FUSAC4)

Distribution details in Colombia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2019
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: not widely distributed and under official control (2022-05)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/154) : in 2019, Tropical race 4 was confirmed in banana plantations (2 sites in La Guajira department). Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/052) : only in one site in the municipality of Zona Bananera (department of Magdalena) and several zones in the municipalities of Riohacha y Dibulla (department of La Guajira). Under official control.

From NPPO (IPPC, 2022): updated pest status.
References
* García-Bastidas FA, Quintero-Vargas JC, Ayala-Vasquez M, Schermer T, Seidl MF, Santos-Paiva M, Noguera AM, Aguilera-Galvez C, Wittenberg A, Hofstede R, Sørensen A, Kema GHJ (2020) First report of Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 in Cavendish bananas caused by Fusarium odoratissimum in Colombia. Plant Disease 104(3), 994-994. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-19-1922-PDN

* Martínez G, Olivares BO, Rey JC, Rojas J, Cardenas J, Muentes C, Dawson C (2023) The advance of fusarium wilt tropical race 4 in Musaceae of Latin America and the Caribbean: Current situation. Pathogens 12(2), 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020277

INTERNET
* ICA (2021-12-22) Actualización de la condición de Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Raza 4 Tropical – Foc R4T (Sin: Fusarium odoratissimum). https://www.ica.gov.co/areas/agricola/servicios/epidemiologia-agricola/saf/notificacion-oficial/detalle-notificacion-oficial/actualizacion-de-la-condicion-de-fusarium-oxysporu

* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports
– Colombia (COL-02/1 of 2022-05-05) Actualización de la condición de Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Raza 4 Tropical – Foc R4T. https://www.ippc.int/fr/countries/colombia/pestreports/2022/05/actualizacion-de-la-condicion-de-fusarium-oxysporum-fsp-cubense-raza-4-tropical-foc-r4t/
– Colombia (COL-01/1 of 2019-08-09) Primera deteccion de marchitez por Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Raza 4 Tropical – FOC R4T (recientemente clasificado como Fusarium odoratissimum Maryani, Lombard, Kema & Crous, 2019). https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/colombia/pestreports/2019/08/primera-deteccion-de-marchitez-por-fusarium-oxysporum-fsp-cubense-raza-4-tropical-foc-r4t-recientemente-clasificado-como-fusarium-odoratissimum-maryani-lombard-kema-crous-2019/

* ProMed posting (no. 20190820.6630576) of 2019-08-20. Panama disease TR4, banana - Americas (02): (Colombia) conf. http://www.promedmail.org/post/6630576
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Peru Present, few occurrences view...
Venezuela Present, restricted distribution view...