EPPO Global Database

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

Distribution details in Israel

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Transient
First recorded in: 2016
Pest status declared by NPPO: Actionable, under eradication (2019-03)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2018/106) : was detected in Shfeya and in Kibbutz Ein Gev in July 2016. All affected plants were destroyed. Intensive surveys have confirmed the absence of the disease which was officially declared eradicated in 2018.

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/059) : found in the eastern/southern Lake Galilee area in early 2019. Under eradication.
References
* Maymon M, Shpatz U, Harel YM, Levy E, Elkind G, Teverovsky E, Gofman R, Haberman A, Zemorski R, Ezra N, Levi Y, Or G, Galpaz N, Israeli Y, Freeman S (2018) First report of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 causing Fusarium wilt of Cavendish bananas in Israel. Plant Disease 102(12), 2655.

* Maymon M, Sela N, Shpatz U, Galpaz N, Freeman S (2020) The origin and current situation of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 in Israel and the Middle East. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1590 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58378-9

* NPPO of Israel (2005, 2018-05, 2019-03).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Jordan Present, restricted distribution view...
Lebanon Present, no details view...