Fusarium euwallaceae(FUSAEW)
Distribution details in South Africa
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2016
First recorded in: 2016
EPPO Reporting Service (2018/060) : first found in 2016 in Platanus x acerifolia trees showing dieback symptoms in the KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden in Pietermaritzburg. This finding was made in the framework of the International Plant Sentinel Network.
* Engelbrecht K, Raubenheimer I, Paap T, Neethling E, Roets F (2024) Detection of Fusarium euwallaceae and its vector Euwallacea fornicatus on pear (Pyrus communis) and in deciduous fruit orchards in South Africa. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 19(1), 3 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13314-023-00524-z
------- On Pyrus communis.
* Paap T, de Beer ZW, Migliorini D, Nel WJ, Wingfield MJ (2018) The polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) and its fungal symbiont Fusarium euwallaceae: a new invasion in South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology 47, 231-237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-018-0545-0
------- On London plane (Platanus x acerifolia) in Pietermaritzburg (KwaZulu Natal).
* van den Berg N, du Toit M, Morgan SW, Fourie G, de Beer ZW (2019) First report of Fusarium euwallaceae causing necrotic lesions on Persea americana in South Africa. Plant Disease 103(7), p 1774.
------- On avocado in Sandton (Gauteng).
------- On Pyrus communis.
* Paap T, de Beer ZW, Migliorini D, Nel WJ, Wingfield MJ (2018) The polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) and its fungal symbiont Fusarium euwallaceae: a new invasion in South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology 47, 231-237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-018-0545-0
------- On London plane (Platanus x acerifolia) in Pietermaritzburg (KwaZulu Natal).
* van den Berg N, du Toit M, Morgan SW, Fourie G, de Beer ZW (2019) First report of Fusarium euwallaceae causing necrotic lesions on Persea americana in South Africa. Plant Disease 103(7), p 1774.
------- On avocado in Sandton (Gauteng).